![]() | Greek Myths by Robert Graves
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £5.80 A superb cross-referenced work of scholarship covering the entire cannon of Greek myths in an engaging way.
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![]() | The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
Buy new: £4.79 / Used from: £1.99 The vicissitudes of Odysseus as he wanders the seas under the baleful gaze of the Greek gods while finding his way home to Ithaca after leaving Troy.
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![]() | My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £2.22 Endearing and laugh-out-loud story of an eccentric family who move to Corfu to set up house.
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![]() | The Towers of Trebizond (Flamingo) by Rose Macaulay
Buy used from: £0.07 From the celebrated first words, "'Take my camel, dear,' said my Aunt Dot", a quirky, impossible but utterly believable tale wittily told with tenderness and panache.
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![]() | Orchids for Aphrodite: Aegean Odyssey by Ursula Haselden
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £21.04 Beautifully written, funny, but lyrical and informative account of two live-aboards and a Greek kitten who set out to explore the islands and coasts of the Aegean in a small wooden sailing boat.
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![]() | No Stars to Guide
Buy used from: £0.01 A heart-stopping naval operation involving subterfuge and heroism during WWII, taking place against the background of the south western coast of Turkey.
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![]() | The Moonspinners (Coronet Books) by Lady Mary Stewart
Buy used from: £0.01 Every teenage girl's dream book. A romantic thriller with feisty young heroine set in the Greek countryside.
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![]() | Eleni (Panther) by Nicholas Gage
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.54 The harrowing story of a mother's devotion to her children during the Greek Civil War and of her son's search for her killer.
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![]() | Amorgos by Nikos Gatsos
Buy new: £7.95 / Used from: £2.25 Exquisite poems in the Greek idiom.
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![]() | Little Infamies by Panos Karnezis
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £0.01 Viciously punchy short stories of village life and death, poverty and isolation, drudgery and drink.
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![]() | The Hill of Kronos by Peter Levi
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £5.50 The experience of one man: archeologist, translator, poet and bridegroom over fifteen years in Greece.
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![]() | Reflections on a Marine Venus by Lawrence Durrell
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 A classic look at Rhodes. The recovery of the island after WWII amid poverty, starvation, sunshine and sparkling seas.
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![]() | Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox
Buy new: £7.59 / Used from: £2.25 Biography of the last Homeric hero renowned for his military strategy, leadership and physical beauty, who sought to conquer the known world bringing ethnic unity.
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![]() | C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation) by C P Cavafy
Buy used from: £2.56 Haunting poems by the most important figure in 20th century Greek poetry.
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![]() | Ulysses Found (Sutton History Classics) by Ernle Bradford
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £3.78 A single-handing sailor traces the path of Odysseus
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![]() | Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
Buy new: £4.17 / Used from: £0.01 An unputdownable novel of love and war on the island of Cephalonia with the unforgettable heroine Pelagia and her doctor father.
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![]() | Birds without Wings by Louis De Bernieres
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 The collapse of the Ottoman Empire leads to the tragic disruption of the lives of the Greeks and Turks who have lived in harmony for centuries on the south west coast of Anatolia.
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![]() | Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £3.70 An elegant melding of history with travel in the Southern Peloponnese.
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![]() | Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £3.52 A great novel about a larger than life character who encapsulates the vibrancy of Greek culture.
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