Richard Stoneman
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
For more than a thousand years, Greeks from all walks of life consulted oracles for guidance received directly from the gods. This colorful and wide-ranging survey encompasses the entire history of Greek oracles and focuses fresh attention on philosophical, psychological, and anthropological aspects of oracular consultation.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 225 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In The pilgrim of hate a body turns up in a sack during the annual "Cripples' Day" pilgrimage. In The potter's field, a woman's skeleton is unearthed in a field that has recently been donated to the abbey. In The holy thief, two visiting monks are implicated when holy relics of Saint Winifred disappear.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 323 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Martin Ellingham is brilliant, dedicated, and highly efficient. He's also brusque, abrasive, and terrified of blood. Once a successful London surgeon, he's now a GP in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Portwenn, where he's every bit as eccentric as the villagers he serves.