Books published by Pallas Athene Publishers

One of the great classics of modern art: Gauguin's own account of his time in Tahiti, in its original version

John Ramsden's fascinating, entertaining history of eleven great poets who made significant contributions to economic theory and practice, from Shelley to Hilaire Belloc and John Ruskin.

Following on from the success of her large book, TastingGeorgia: A Food and Wine Journey in the Caucasus, awardwinningfood, wine and travel writer and photographerCarla Capalbo is launching a new series of pocket books onGeorgian food, wine and culture.

Award-winning food writer and photographer Capalbo has travelled Georgia collecting recipes and gathering stories from food and winemakers in this stunning but little-known country. Both a cookbook and a travel guide to such a special place on the world's gastronomic map.

Written by his collateral descendant, sculptor Andrew Wordsworth, this insightful biography studies Wordsworth's poetry to understand more fully this deeply private and often enigmatic personality, and it observes the artist's life to better grasp the meaning of the deceptively immediate verses which conceal many layers of meaning.

Witty, urbane insights on life, art, and culture from Aubrey Beardsley, illustrated with selected drawings from his Grotesques series.

William Blake (1757-1827), hailed as 'the glorious luminary' by William Rossetti, is one of the great mystics in the history of Western art. This volume brings together some of the most illuminating writings by people who knew Blake, and brings this astonishing visionary to life

William Hogarth's pithy autobiography and writings on his own art - hitherto virtually unobtainable.

Who was John Ruskin? What did he achieve - and how?Where is he today? One possible answer: almost everywhere.

For many people the greatest artist, and the quintessentialRenaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci wasa painter, architect, theatre designer, engineer, sculptor,anatomist, geometer, naturalist, poet and musician.

Aidan Dodson's British Royal Tombs covers all the burials of the kings, queens (and lords protector) of England, Scotland and the United Kingdom, from the occupant of the great Sutton Hoo ship burial, to George VI, last Emperor of India, including of course the long-lost Richard III.

One of the best-loved painters in English history, ThomasGainsborough (1727-1788) was also one of the mostpersonally engaging. Bon vivant, wit, amateur and enthusiasticmusician, he charmed sitters and friends alike. His ebullient,if not always reliable, personality comes to life in these twomemoirs, written by two very different friends.

What were Montmartre and Montparnasse really like in their hey-day roughtly between 1904, when the youthful Picasso had just arrived on the Hill of Martyrs, and 1920, when Amedeo Modigliani , justly called `the prince of Bohemians', died of consumption and dissipation in Montparnasse?

Jim Dearden's latest book, A John Ruskin Collection, brings together a lifetime's worth of articles on the lives of John Ruskin and those around him

What is Venice worth? To whom does this urban treasurebelong? This eloquent book by the internationally renownedart historian Salvatore Settis urgently poses these questions,igniting a new debate about the Pearl of the Adriatic andcultural patrimony at large.

Marzena Pogorzaly made two trips to Havana. There, she walked the streets of Havana Vieja and El Centro, the old districts, trying to capture the melancholy beauty and decay of the city, and its inhabitants.

A general introduction to Ruskin, situating him in the social, economic and aesthetic world of Victorian Britain that he transformed, and the importance of his legacy.

A small classic: written with passion, perfectionism and amusement, a guide that will make you see a Paris - and a France - you would never have suspected. Now fully updated and with extra walks.

The oldest library in the world lies derelict and forgotten in an empty landscape. When all you know comes from books it's difficult to choose between truth and fiction. But being wrong might have terrifying consequences.

Based on original documents never before discussed, this account of the disastrous marriage of Effie Gray and John Ruskin overturns the myths that have grown up around the most notorious annulment of the Victorian period.

Never collected together before, this volume brings together all of Ruskin's writings about the Pre-Raphaelites, writings that helped turn this obscure movement into one of the most important movements in British art

The first biography of Aubrey Beardsley, by his friend the writer Robert Ross. Reprinted complete with the sixteen full page illustrations and the 'revised iconography' or catalogue of his work by Aymer Vallance. An afterword by Matthew Sturgis puts this important book and its author in context.

This volume brings together the groundbreaking criticism of Emile Zola, from his vigorous defence of the iconoclastic young painter to the memorial essay written after Manet's untimely death. A new introduction by Robert Lethbridge sets Zola's essays in the context of Manet's career and his relationship with the writer. 49 pages of illustrations