Arthur Machen (3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror (Stephen King has called... Read More »
“The Greeks” is a 1951 non-fiction book on classical Greece by University of Bristol professor and translator HDF Kitto. The book was first published in hardback by Penguin Books, but has been republished in several formats since its initial publication. The Greeks serves as an introduction to the whole range of life in ancient Greece... Read More »
She was the most beautiful woman in the world. A sex goddess. She is shrouded in legend. Her face launched a thousand ships. Her story has never been fully explained…until now. As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject. Hesiod, one the first named authers in history, called her... Read More »
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