Peter Martin

James Melville

Joan Martin

Japanese Cooking

British diplomat Ben Lazenby travels to Indonesia, where he is invited to visit the Naval Academy. A British intelligence agent persuades Ben to do a little spying while he's there.

The Reluctant Spy

Paul Fowler

Christopher Grocock

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory longer Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Longer Period Study: The Foundations of Rome: From Kingship to Republic, 753–440 BC by Paul Fowler Depth Study: Hannibal and the Second Punic War, 218–201 BC by Paul Fowler Depth Study: Cleopatra: Rome And Egypt, 69–30 BC by James Melville Depth Study: Britannia: From Conquest to Province, AD 43–c. 84 by Christopher Grocock How did reactions to the exploitation of women and the poor make Rome great? How did Rome survive a fourteen-year invasion? Was Cleopatra a great queen? What was the impact of Roman invasion on Britain's diverse and prosperous culture? This book raises these and other key questions. GCSE students and their teachers will explore the foundation of Rome, the rise of its empire, and its interactions with neighbouring cultures, through the eyes of its historians and archaeology. This book invites us to look at Ancient Rome and the modern world in a new light. The ideal preparation for the final examinations, all content is presented by experts and experienced teachers in a clear and accessible narrative. Ancient literary and visual sources are described and analysed, with supporting images. Helpful student features include study questions, further reading, and boxes focusing in on key people, events and terms. Practice questions and exam guidance prepare students for assessment. A Companion Website is available at www.bloomsbury.com/anc-hist-gcse.

Rome

OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 2

The Autobiography and Diary of Mr. James Melvill, with a Continuation of the Diary

1556-1601

The Diary of Mr. James Melvill

When a businessman is killed by a falling chandelier, and a foreigner is found strangled at a fashion show, the old-fashioned but imperturbable Japanese detective, Superintendent Otani must unravel the mystery

Kimono for a Corpse

The Memoirs of Sir James Melvil of Halhill ...

T. 1 (1694)

Mémoires

The Diary of Mr. James Melvill, 1556-1601

Wodrow Society

with a continuation of the diary

The autobiography and diary of Mr. James Melvill ...

James Melville

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