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.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted some of the 19th century's most spectacular portraits, particularly of three very different women who were his muses: Lizzy Siddal, Fanny Cornforth and the statuesque Jane Morris. This richly illustrated book uses his paintings and drawings of these and others to explore the intertwinings of Rossetti's life and art.

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.

Fully illustrated with many details, this publication marks the first time the 24 Woburn Canalettos have been reproduced in colour. An extensive introduction by the leading Canaletto scholar Charles Beddington puts these works into perspective.

Texts by and about the pioneering woman artist of the Baroque, Artemisia Gentileschi, some printed for the first time in English.

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.

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

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.

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.