ARGONAUT BOOKS

'Human beings have always been mythmakers'. So begins Karen Armstrong's concise yet compelling investigation into myth. Myths have helped us to make sense of the universe since Palaeolithic times. Reviews Elegantly argued and consistently thought-provokingTelegraphWitty, informative and contemplativeNew York TimesRemarkableThe TimesWhat Armstrong does in her skid over the millennia is make comparisons, connections and contrasts in a way that cannot fail to enlighten the general reader . . . Myths are narratives: as she eloquently says, we shouldn't be done with them yetG...Read More