Teddy'Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted'Sunday Times Style 'Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive' Daisy Buchanan 'Mad Men meets White Lotus'Red 'Stylish and twisting' The Times 'A wild ride and a heck of a lot of fun' iNews

In this illustrated anthology of myths

there is a vast and growing Tolkien industry

Called a 'riveting study' by the Daily Telegraph and 'a compelling tale' by the Economist

What are they like

aimed at absolute beginners

'Told with a wealth of detail and narrative intensity' Penelope Lively

there was also beauty and joy in the rhythm of life in the takeaway and in being surrounded by the food of her home culture

Unlike in the aftermath of Dunkirk there was here simply no redeeming narrative available - Britain had been totally defeated by a far smaller Japanese force in her grandly proclaimed invincible Asian 'fortress'

Was your own story quite as black and white as you claimed

For over 40 years

There isn't another 31-year-old that takes food more seriously

Only one hope remains - deliver Noor to the meeting place of the seven prophesied ones