Daisy Dunn

‘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...

Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford looked like an Arcadia—a dreamworld—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...

'A brilliant concept, executed with enviable elegance' Lucy Worsley 'A gem of a book. Thanks to Daisy Dunn's 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 Frankopan Spanning 3,000 years, from the birth of Minoan Crete to the...

Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the First World War, Oxford appeared 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...

Uncover the legendary roots of Rome as you build this stunning 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle and journey through Virgil's greatest masterpiece, the Aeneid. Build this jigsaw puzzle—without divine intervention—and join Aeneas, Trojan hero and son of Venus, as he escapes the fallen city of Troy. Follow as he battles mighty storms and ancient monsters, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair,...

Odysseus' ten-year homecoming in 1,000 pieces: dive into Homer's timeless epic with this jigsaw puzzle and concertina fold-out. Homer's Odyssey, predating the invention of writing in ancient Greece, is revived in this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Encounter the one-eyed Cyclops, who feasts on the flesh of men; bewitching women, who charm with songs and spells; and meddling gods and goddesses, who...