Daisy Dunn

A surreal hilarious and dark story of a troubled adolescence deep in the wilds of Scotland Maggie O Farrell Winner of the Women s Prize for Fiction 2020

A real life Brideshead Revisited that will appeal to fans of Evelyn Waugh P G Wodehouse and Nancy Mitford

Never less than compelling ... She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life' Tom Holland, Literary Review 'Starts with an erupting volcano - and then gets more exciting ... Wonderfully rich, witty, insightful and wide-ranging' Sarah Bakewell In a dazzling, lively new literary biography, Daisy Dunn weaves together the lives of two Roman greats: Pliny the Elder, author of Natural History, and his nephew Pliny the Younger, who inherited his uncle's notebooks and intellectual legacy.Breathing vivid life back into the Plinys, Daisy Dunn charts the extraordinary lives of two outstanding minds and their lasting legacy on the world. 'A fascinating, compelling and excellent biography' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Immensely entertaining and readable ... Thoroughly recommended' Sunday Times

Trent was a new vampire on the prowl for his next meal. When he hears the sounds of a lady in trouble, he immediately goes to her rescue. The sweet lady wants to pay him back in the only way she knows how. Trent is a virgin, and has no idea how to react to her advances. Will this sweet vampire nerd be able to overcome his inhibitions and give Amber exactly what she wants?

Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like an Arcadia - a dream world - from which pain could be shut out. Soldiers arrived with pictures of the university fully formed in their heads, and women finally won the right to earn degrees. Freedom meant reading beneath the spires and punting down the river with champagne picnics. But all was not quite as it seemed.The women of Oxford still faced a battle to emerge from their shadows. And among the dons a major conflict was beginning to brew. This singular tale of Oxford colleagues and rivals encapsulates the false sense of security that developed across the country in the interwar years. With the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich came the subversion of history for propaganda. In academic Oxford, the fight was on not only to preserve the past from the hands of the Nazis, but also to triumph, one don over another, as they became embroiled in a war of their own.

A brilliant concept, executed with enviable eleganceLucy WorsleyA gem of a book. Thanks to Daisy Dunns elegant and lively retelling of history, the women of the ancient world are restored to the centre of the story of classical antiquity. It was a joy to read. Peter FrankopanSpanning 3,000 years, from the birth of Minoan Crete to the death of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in Rome, a magisterial new history of the ancient world told, for the very first time, through women. For centuries, men have been writing histories of antiquity filled with warlords, emperors and kings. But when it comes to incorporating women aside from Cleopatra and Boudica, writers have been more comfortable describing mythical heroines than real ones. While Penelope and Helen of Troy live on in the imagination, their real-life counterparts have been relegated to the margins. In The Missing Thread, Daisy Dunn inverts this tradition and puts the women of history at the centre of the narrative.These pages present Enheduanna, the earliest named author, the poet Sappho and Telesilla, who defended her city from attack. Here is Artemisia, sole female commander in the Graeco-Persian Wars, and Cynisca, the first female victor at the Olympic Games. Cleopatra may be the more famous, but Fulvia, Mark Antonys wife, fought a war on his behalf. Many other women remain nameless but integral. Through new examination of the sources combined with vivid storytelling Daisy Dunn shows us the ancient world through fresh eyes, and introduces us to an incredible cast of ancient women, weavers of an entire world.

Never less than compelling She consistently succeeds in bringing what might otherwise seem dusty and remote to vivid life Tom Holland, Literary ReviewStarts with an erupting volcano and then gets more exciting Wonderfully rich, witty, insightful and wide-ranging Sarah Bakewell In a dazzling, lively new literary biography, Daisy Dunn weaves together the lives of two Roman greats: Pliny the Elder, author of Natural History, and his nephew Pliny the Younger, who inherited his uncles notebooks and intellectual legacy. Breathing vivid life back into the Plinys, Daisy Dunn charts the extraordinary lives of two outstanding minds and their lasting legacy on the world. A fascinating, compelling and excellent biography Simon Sebag MontefioreImmensely entertaining and readable Thoroughly recommended Sunday Times

UN FASCINANTE VIAJE AL IMPERIO ROMANO DEL SIGLO I d. C.La historia de dos de las mentes más brillantes de la Antigüedad clásica.«La sutileza de su estructura consigue en todo momento animar lo que de

Une passionnante histoire de lAntiquité qui met en avant les vraies héroïnes, les femmes de la vie réelle – et non les personnages mythiques ou imaginaires – qui ont contribué aux grandes civilisatio

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIESBrought evocatively to lifeHISTORY REVEALED- Was there really a Trojan War?- What makes a Homeric hero?- How did Odysseus defeat the Cyclops?IMMERSE yourself in the epic adventures of the Ancient Greek gods and heroes. Filled with daring feats, battles and terrifying monsters, the poems and the stories told within them raise complex questions about fate, death and forgiveness that are still debated today.MIGHTY HEROES AND MEDDLING GODSWritten by the winner of the Classical Association Prize 2020, Daisy Dunns Homer is a fascinating introduction to these ancient stories and their truly timeless themes.

A biography of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Romes first great poet, a dandy who fell in love with another mans wife and made it known to the world through his verse.This superb book gives a rare portrait of life during one of the most critical moments in world history through the eyes of one of Romes greatest writers. Living through the debauchery, decadence and spectacle of the crumbling Roman Republic, Catullus remains famous for the sharp, immediate poetry with which he skewered Romes sparring titans Pompey, Crassus and his fathers friend, Julius Caesar. But it was for his erotic, scandalous but often tender love elegies that he became best known, inspired above all by his own lasting affair with a married woman whom he immortalised in his verse as Lesbia. A monumental figure for poets from Ovid and Virgil onwards, his journey across youth and experience, from Verona to Rome, Bithynia to Lake Garda, is traced in Daisy Dunns brilliant portrait of life during one of the most critical moments in world history.

Una magistral historia del mundo antiguo contada por primera vez a través de mujeres artistas, líderes y creadoras de la historia.Durante siglos, la historia del mundo clásico ha sido relatada a traves de emperadores, reyes y señores de la guerra, relegando a un segundo plano las personalidades femeninas que tambien lo conformaron. En La venganza de Pandora la clasicista Daisy Dunn se propone revertir esta tradicion para situar a las mujeres en el centro de la narrativa.Por las siguientes paginas desfilan personajes conocidos como Cleopatra, Agripina o Safo, seguidas por otras artistas, escritoras y lideres como Artemisia, la unica mujer comandante en las guerras greco-persas; Cynisca, la primera mujer ganadora en los Juegos Olimpicos o Fulvia, la esposa de Marco Antonio que libro una guerra en su nombre, ademas de muchas otras de las que desconocemos su nombre, pero de una forma u otra marcaron en curso de la historia.A lo largo de tres mil años, desde la Creta minoica hasta la Grecia micenica, desde Lesbos hasta el Asia Menor, desde el Imperio Persa hasta la corte real de Macedonia, y concluyendo en el Imperio romano, Daisy Dunn nos muestra el mundo antiguo a traves de la mirada del increible elenco de mujeres que lo conformo.

Una magistral historia del mundo antiguo contada por primera vez a través de mujeres artistas, líderes y creadoras de la historia.Durante siglos, la historia del mundo clásico ha sido relatada a traves de emperadores, reyes y señores de la guerra, relegando a un segundo plano las personalidades femeninas que tambien lo conformaron. En La venganza de Pandora la clasicista Daisy Dunn se propone revertir esta tradicion para situar a las mujeres en el centro de la narrativa.Por las siguientes paginas desfilan personajes conocidos como Cleopatra, Agripina o Safo, seguidas por otras artistas, escritoras y lideres como Artemisia, la unica mujer comandante en las guerras greco-persas; Cynisca, la primera mujer ganadora en los Juegos Olimpicos o Fulvia, la esposa de Marco Antonio que libro una guerra en su nombre, ademas de muchas otras de las que desconocemos su nombre, pero de una forma u otra marcaron en curso de la historia.A lo largo de tres mil años, desde la Creta minoica hasta la Grecia micenica, desde Lesbos hasta el Asia Menor, desde el Imperio Persa hasta la corte real de Macedonia, y concluyendo en el Imperio romano, Daisy Dunn nos muestra el mundo antiguo a traves de la mirada del increible elenco de mujeres que lo conformo.

UN FASCINANTE VIAJE AL IMPERIO ROMANO DEL SIGLO I d. C. La historia de dos de las mentes más brillantes de la Antigüedad clásica. La sutileza de su estructura consigue en todo momento animar lo qu