Product Description: The Dubliner Walter Quin first came to prominence at the court of James VI, where he wrote poetry in support of the Stuart succession to Elizabeth I's throne. Thus began a career in royal service that brought Quin to London, where he continued to produce occasional verse in praise of his patrons and fellow writers, as well as biographical texts on the soldier Bernard Stuart (d...read more

Product Description: Essays: Neil Lewis, 'Libertas arbitrii in Robert Grosseteste's De libero arbitrio.'  Mette Lebech and James McEvoy, 'Robert Grosseteste's Understanding of Human Dignity.'  Joseph W. Goering, 'Robert Grosseteste's Dicta: The State of the Question...read more

Product Description: English literature from Chaucer to Milton was produced in a culture where accusations of heresy were frequently made, and where the meaning of orthodoxy was unsettled. The essays in this book show the ways in which ideas about heresy and orthodoxy had their impact, sometimes fatally, on writers...read more

Product Description: Kilcash in Ireland is best known to-day for the Irish song named after it. However, behind the song there is a lengthy past which this book sets out to unfold. Drawing on archaeological, historical and literary remains, the authors narrate the story of Kilcash from the middle ages to the ruin of its castle at the beginning of the nineteenth century...read more

Probing the murder of Father George Sedgewick, D.A. Ray Dunn crosses paths with investigator Manny Manning, who is searching for the source of a new and lethal form of heroin, and as the two cases become connected, deadly secrets surface threatening to destroy Boston's elite institutions. Reprint. PW.