AthensA new narrative history of Athens, telling the three thousand year story of the birthplace of Western civilization.

'Spike' is that story - from the inside

The children there were tenderly sheltered from the outside world

Connavar grows to manhood among the mist-covered mountains of Caer Druagh

When Christopher Somerville

since Daisy's dad left for sunnier climes and a new family

in an act of defiance

Europe and North Africa

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Ruth agrees

But can a single bullet truly corrupt an entire century

seven-year-old Faith begins to confide in an imaginary friend

treacherous world of Roman politics