SPQR :A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR :A History of Ancient Rome
paperback
Published:
1 April, 2016
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Description
Prizes
Winner of Blackwell's Book of the Year 2016,Short-listed for British Book Industry Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2016,Short-listed for Waterstones Book of the Year 2015
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781846683817 |
| ISBN10 | 1846683815 |
| Number Of Pages | 608 |
| Item Weight | 513 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 190 x 38 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Fast-moving, exciting, psychologically acute, warmly sceptical -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
Vastly engaging ... a tremendously enjoyable and scholarly read. -- Natalie Haynes * Observer *
Sustaining the energy that such a topic demands for more than 600 pages, while providing a coherent answer to the question of why Rome expanded so spectacularly, is hugely ambitious. Beard succeeds triumphantly ... full of insights and delights ... SPQR is consistently enlivened by Beard's eye for detail and her excellent sense of humour. * Sunday Times *
Masterful ... This is exemplary popular history, engaging but never dumbed down, providing both the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life * Economist *
Ground-breaking ... invigorating ... revolutionary ... a whole new approach to ancient history -- Thomas Hodgkinson * Spectator *
This book is a treasure, both as a fascinating read in itself and as a fine work of reference to correct our lazy misconceptions about an ancient world that still has much to instruct us today * Herald *
Praise for Mary Beard: 'She's pulled off that rare trick of becoming a don with a high media profile who hasn't sold out, who is absolutely respected by the academy for her scholarship ... what she says is always powerful and interesting * Guardian *
An irrepressible enthusiast with a refreshing disregard for convention * FT *
Dynamically, wittily and authoritatively brings the ancient world to life -- Simon Sebag Montefiore
With such a champion as Beard to debunk and popularise, the future of the study of classics is assured * Daily Telegraph *
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Author's Bio
Mary Beard is Professor Emerita of classics at Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has worldwide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR and most recently, Emperor of Rome. She has made numerous television series and her books have been published in over thirty languages.