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St Augustine’s theological treasure trove, City of God, is read by Mark Meadows. Monumental in its scope, the work offers many fascinating insights into the perennial problems of Christian philosophy, as well as the long-standing conflict between church and state. Piers Plowman, William Langland’s visionary medieval work shines in Jonathan Keeble’s reading of A.V.C. Schmidt’s contemporary translation, while Nicholas Boulton brings to life the tragic love story of Marguerite and Armand in Alexandre Dumas the younger’s La Dame aux Camélias, made famous by Verdi’s opera La traviata. We also have more fiction by Henry James with The American, a masterly combination of social comedy and gothic romance.

Written after the capture of Rome in 410 by Alaric, King of the Visigoths, St Augustine’s City of God was intended as a response to pagan critics who blamed…

Piers Plowman, William Langland’s visionary medieval work about one man’s quest for the true Christian life, is an allegorical journey through dream visions…

Dumas’s novel became one of the great love stories from its first publication in 1848. The title role of the consumptive heroine and her ultimate sacrifice inspired…

Self-made American millionaire Christopher Newman arrives in Paris brimming with hope and optimism, excited to experience the culture and, hopefully…

The NAB Blog: Democracy in America – Equality versus Liberty

It may seem somewhat ironic that a French aristocrat should have set out to pen a work on democracy, as Alexis de Tocqueville did in the 1830s. The Revolution of 1789 cast a long shadow over the France of the …

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