Also by Karen Armstrong
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness (2004)
Buddha (2001)
Islam: A Short History (2000)
The Battle for God (2000)
A History of Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths (1996)
In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis (1996)
Visions of God: Four Medieval Mystics and Their Writings (1994)
A History of God: The 4000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam (1993)
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet (1992)
The English Mystics of the Fourteenth Century (ed.) (1991)
Holy War: The Crusades and their Impact on Today's World (1998)
The Gospel According to Woman: Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West (1986)
Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic Experience (ed.) (1985)
Beginning the World (1983)
Through the Narrow Gate (1981)
Myths are universal and timeless stories that reflect and shape our lives–they explore our desires, our fears, our longings, and provide narratives that remind us what it means to be human. The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include: Chinua Achebe, Margaret Atwood, Karen Armstrong, AS Byatt, David Grossman, Milton Hatoum, Victor Pelevin, Donna Tartt, Su Tong and Jeanette Winterson.