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The Lincolnshire Wolds

The Lincolnshire Wolds are a range of hills in the county of Lincolnshire. They are a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the highest area of land in eastern England between Yorkshire and Kent. This book brings together the important known historical, natural and cultural information about the area.
Out Now. 20% off until end of February 2010!

Aldhelm and Sherborne

This volume looks at the work of Aldhelm and the foundation of the see of Sherborne in the wider context of his career and his world. In 2005, Katherine Barker commissioned a performance of Aldhelm's Carmen rhythmicum by a rune-singer and an instrumentalist. The rhythms and message of Aldhelm's poem came alive in a remarkable way and readers can gain much of the same experience by listening to the accompanying CD, with text and translation before them. Due February 2010. £10.00 off until end of February 2010!

Music in the Odes of Horace

Following the success of Horace's Odes and the Mystery of Do-Re-Mi in which he proposed that Horace's Odes were truly carmina (songs), Stuart Lyons further explores the orality of the Odes in both the Augustan Age and their early medieval reception. Lyons argues that Horace's objective was to produce a unique type of performance art, a Latin re-interpretation of Greek lyric song to entertain the Roman elite.
Due February 2010. £10.00 off from now until publication!