From an age when warring kings ruled over Ireland and druids still roamed the land, How to Be Noble presents lively new translations of the earliest Irish wisdom literature from the Celtic tradition. For the first time, Philip Freeman has collected these ancient texts from scattered medieval manuscripts and translated them for modern readers. The result is  … Read more

An extraordinary new biography of Marco Polo and his journey along the Silk Road, from the celebrated author of Hannibal, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar. From the acclaimed author of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Hannibal comes a vivid new biography of Marco Polo and his journey along the Silk Road, as recorded during his remarkable Travels and other medieval sources. It  … Read more

The Consolation of Philosophy—a moving and profound exploration of the mysteries of suffering, evil, fate, and freewill—has inspired readers for more than a millennium, from Thomas Aquinas and Dante to Chaucer and C. S. Lewis. Although Boethius, a late-Roman Christian, wrote The Consolation as a work of philosophy, it has deeply influenced Christian and nonreligious thinkers alike. In  … Read more

The first modern biography of Aristotle—student of Plato, tutor to Alexander, and architect of ideas still studied around the world Aristotle stands among the most brilliant and influential figures in history, the inventor of almost every subject studied in universities today, from biology to political science to literary criticism to logic. Yet until now his  … Read more