Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the East confirming Europe’s greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war – and his sights are set on Rome. With Christendom divided, Suleyman the Magnificent has his hand on its throat. From the Palaces of Istanbul to the blood soaked fields of…
Prepared by the Department of Transport and the Central Office of Information 1978 Printed in England for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Ltd., London and Eastleigh
There is no one more fitting than ‘cheerful’ Charlie Chester, Poetry Laureate of the Grand Order of the Water Rats, to tell the story of music hall’s famous brotherhood, whose work for charity – both in peace and in war – is legendary. The Order was founded nearly 100 years ago, and the story of…
‘The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs…’ Ever since Kenneth Grahame wrote the story for his young son, countless children have grown up with Toad, Mol, Rat, Badger and the rest as intimate friends –…
The Essential Philosophical Passages of St. Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica Edited and Explained by Peter Kreeft Ignatius This is a shortened version of Summa of the Summa by Kreeft, which in turn was a shortened version of the Summa Theologica. The reason for the double shortening is pretty obvious: the original runs some 4000 pages!…
This exciting book of occult tells all that can be told about the ancient and mysterious set of playing cards known as the Tarot. The Tarot’s complex and beautiful designs are an enigma that has never been completely resolved. Who made them, and what do they illustrated? Though no one knows for certain, Alfred Douglas,…