Ahead of the publication of a new edition of Homer’s epics—which he has illustrated—the artist also explains why he switches ...

Fans of thrilling adventures, mystical beings, and courageous young heroes have reason to celebrate: ‘Doorway to the Sunset’, the sequel to the popular middle grade fantasy novel ‘Taking Wing’, ...

A unique, circular stone house in Tiverton, Rhode Island, has been expanded and renovated with salvaged historical materials. The 5,564-square-foot house features elements like stained-glass windows ...

Much is still unknown about the Anglo-Saxons, who ruled England from the fifth to 11th centuries, primarily because in the ninth century, the Vikings destroyed churches where records were kept.

Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon epic poem by Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie), 1856- Publication date 1892 Topics Epic poetry, English (Old), Monsters, Dragons Publisher Boston, D.C. Heath & co. Collection ...

The days of the pagan Anglo-Saxon kings were to be short-lived. After only one or two generations, the settlement that took the royal hall as its symbolic center was abandoned. In another part of ...

Say the term “Anglo-Saxon” to most people, and they’re likely to picture the Smashing Saxons from Horrible Historiesor the protagonists of Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom. In the ...

The motion-captured adaptation of an Anglo-Saxon epic poem by the man behind cuddly caper The Polar Express? On paper, 2007’s Beowulf didn’t seem like the type of film to spark a multiplex ...

In 1966 Penguin published his translations as The Earliest English Poems, and he was subsequently commissioned to translate the 3,182-line Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf into modern verse.