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Books by Duncan Sprott
  | | The Ptolemies(Reprint) A Novel by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2005 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-7510-2, ISBN: 1-4000-7510-6 "From a refreshingly antic new voice in historical fiction, this epically entertaining, irresistibly madcap novel re-creates an ancient family whose obsessions and dysfunctions would change the world, for better or worse.They were the last pharaohs to rule Egypt. Ptolemy Soter (putative half-brother of Alexander the Greatâ€"his mother may have been raped by Alexanderâ€TMs father) begins it all when he takes the kingdom of the Nile as his ..." |
 | | Writing Historical Fiction A Writers' and Artists' Companion (Writers' and Artists' Companions) by Celia Brayfield, Duncan Sprott Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2014 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-78093-785-4, ISBN: 1-78093-785-7 "Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an invaluable companion for a writer working in this challenging and popular literary genre, whether your period is Ancient Rome or World War II. PART 1 includes reflections on the genre and provides a short history of historical fiction. PART 2 contains guest contributions from Margaret Atwood, Ian Beck, Madison Smartt Bell, Ronan Bennett, Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalie ..." |
 | | Daughter of the Crocodile The Ptolemies Quartet Book 2 by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2007 by Faber And Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-22623-8, ISBN: 0-571-22623-X "The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Powerful. Irresponsible. Dangerous. It's 279 BC. and Ptolemy Philandelphus finds his wife ousted by his reptillian sister, who wants to marry him herself . . . A generation later, and Berenike Beta murders her husband and marries Ptolemy Euergetes instead. But with the glory of the Ptolemies at its height after Egypt wins victories at Syria, it is the turn of the murderess to be murdered. Meanwhile, the pe ..." |
 | | House of the Eagle The Ptolemies (Ptolemies Quartet) (Bk.1) by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2005 by Gardners Books ISBN-13: 978-0-571-21917-9, ISBN: 0-571-21917-9 "The House of the Eagle begins Duncan Sprott's Ptolemies Quartet, an epic story of the Greek Pharaohs of Egypt, whose extraordinary dynasty spans twelve generations from the death of Alexander the Great to the fall of Cleopatra. Narrated by Thoth, the ibis-headed Egyptian god of writing and wisdom, The House of the Eagle chronicles the golden years of the first three Ptolemies - the shrewd Ptolemy Soter, the luxury-loving Ptolemy Philade ..." |
 | | The Ptolemies(1st Edition) by Duncan Sprott Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2004 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-4154-1, ISBN: 1-4000-4154-6 "A wildly imaginative yet historically accurate, intensely dramatic yet often hilarious, re-creation of the early years of the House of Ptolemy (323—30 B.C.)–the forgotten ten-generation dynasty of Greek Pharaohs of Egypt. And what a dynasty . . .The Ptolemies is a story so layered, so dark and glittering and disastrous, that perhaps only Thoth the Ibis–the irreverent, riotously pompous narrator who is also the god of Wisdom and Patron o ..." |
 | | The House of the Eagle House of the Eagle(1st Edition) by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 450 Pages, Published 2004 by Faber & Faber Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-571-20285-0, ISBN: 0-571-20285-3 "Beginning an epic restoration of the dark and glittering history of ancient Alexandria and the Greek Pharoahs of Egypt, "Greek Dogs" chronicles the golden years of the first three Ptolemies and their tragic queens, pampered mistresses and turbulent children." |
 | | Our Lady of the Potatoes(Updated) by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1997 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-17459-1, ISBN: 0-571-17459-0 "An examination of 18th-century France through the eyes of Marie-Louise Murphy, an Irish adventuress who gets caught up in the dramas of revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. She becomes the mistress of Louis XV and narrowly escapes death at the hands of the revolutionaries in 1789." |
 | | House of the Eagle Book One of The Ptolemies Quartet by Duncan Sprott Hardcover, 445 Pages, Published 2004 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-22325-1, ISBN: 0-571-22325-7 "Beginning an epic restoration of the dark and glittering history of ancient Alexandria and the Greek Pharoahs of Egypt, "Greek Dogs" chronicles the golden years of the first three Ptolemies and their tragic queens, pampered mistresses and turbulent children." |
 | | The House of Eagle(Updated) by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 450 Pages, Published 2004 by Faber And Faber International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-571-20567-7, ISBN: 0-571-20567-4 "Narrated by Thoth, the ibis-headed Egyptian god of writing and wisdom, this book details the rise of the shrewd Ptolemy I from ordinary soldier of Macedon to Satrap of Egypt, and his coronation as Pharaoh and a god in his own lifetime." |
 | | Our Lady of the Potatoes(1st Edition) by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 235 Pages, Published 1995 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-17458-4, ISBN: 0-571-17458-2 "An examination of 18th-century France through the eyes of Marie-Louise Murphy, an Irish adventuress who gets caught up in the dramas of revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. She becomes the mistress of Louis XV and narrowly escapes death at the hands of the revolutionaries in 1789." |
 | | 1784(1st Edition) by Duncan Sprott Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1984 by Allen & Unwin ISBN-13: 978-0-04-808045-5, ISBN: 0-04-808045-4 "Duncan Sprott has collected some of the most humorous and most horrifying stories from the newspapers of 1784 which brings the 18th century to life. There is something here for every taste - highwaymen real and imaginary, duels fatal and ridiculous, reckless wagers, fantastic windfalls and disastrous losses, hailstones 6 inches in diameter, elopements, pirates, perfumes, fashionable parties and accidental poisonings. Famous and infamo ..." |
 | | The Lady of the Crocodiles The Ptolemies Quartet Book 2 (Vol 2) by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2006 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-20290-4, ISBN: 0-571-20290-X "This title is set in Egypt, 279 BC. Ptolemy II Philandelphus, unconcerned with stately affairs, prefers to think about science, concubines and feasting. His reptilian sister returns to Egypt with her life in ruins. She wants to oust her brother's wife, marry him herself and be the saviour of Egypt, but his wife has other plans. Berenike Beta murders her husband and marries Patlemy III Eurgetes instead. But with the glory of the Ptolemie ..." |
 | | The Clopton Hercules(1st Edition) by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1992 by Faber And Faber Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-571-16422-6, ISBN: 0-571-16422-6 "Based on a real life trial that took place in 1847, the book explores sexual hypocrisy." |
 | | The Rise of Mr. Warde(1st Edition) by Duncan Sprott Hardcover, 220 Pages, Published 1992 by St Martins Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-312-06932-2, ISBN: 0-312-06932-4 "English country squire Charles Warde seems to have everything a man could want--a beautiful wife, a ravishing estate, and mountains of money--but his self-indulgence knows no bounds, something the Victorian society around him cannot accept" |
 | | The Clopton Hercules(1st Edition) by Duncan Sprott Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1991 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-14408-2, ISBN: 0-571-14408-X "Mr Warde, an apparently respectable Victorian country gentleman, is accused by his neighbours of seducing the local girls of the village and is brought to trial. Based on a real life trial that took place in 1847, the book explores sexual hypocrisy." |
 | | The Ptolemies by Duncan Sprott Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-9659254-6-4, ISBN: 0-9659254-6-3 |
 | | Writing Historical Fiction A Writers' and Artists' Companion by Celia Brayfield, Duncan Sprott 344 Pages, Published 2013 by A&C Black ISBN-13: 978-1-78093-577-5, ISBN: 1-78093-577-3 "A Writers' and Artists' Companion Celia Brayfield, Duncan Sprott. Introduction. Once uponatime.Legends,mythsand fairy tales, the earliest stories humankind has told, are all set in the past, the Dreamtime, the age of giants, elves, fairies, Titans, nymphs and talking animals, when the roads were paved with bread. The past is the natural habitat of fiction. For us, the authors of this book, the question is not why historical fiction ..." |
 | | Sprottichronicon A Millennium Cracker by Duncan Sprott Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 2000 by Duncan Sprott ISBN-13: 978-0-9537718-0-6, ISBN: 0-9537718-0-6 |
 | | The Ptolomies by Duncan Sprott Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-571-21916-2, ISBN: 0-571-21916-0 |
 | | Writers' and Artists' Companions Writing Historical Fiction : A Writers' and Artists' Companion by Celia Brayfield, Duncan Sprott 344 Pages, Published 2013 by A&C Black ISBN-13: 978-1-78093-838-7, ISBN: 1-78093-838-1 "Miriam Lichtheim (ed.), Ancient Egyptian Literature, I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms, University of California Press, 1973, pp. 211, 222–3. Lichtheim, op. cit. , I, pp. 216–7. Moore, op. cit., p. 43. Moore, op. cit., p. 49. Lichtheim, op. cit., III, pp. ... Doody, op. cit., p. 16. Doody, op. cit., p. 21. Peter Levi, The Pelican History of Greek Literature, Pelican, 1985, pp. 272–3. Herodotus II.121. A.R. Burn, Herodotus: The Historie ..." |
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