Emperor of Rome: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

ISBN-13: 9781846683787 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Professor Mary Beard

Opis

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by 'the world's most famous classicist' (Guardian)

Recenzje

Britain's most famous classicist [is] at the peak of her powers ... Even more interesting than the insight into the imperial elite is the light the book sheds on the modern world Sathnam Sanghera The Times

O autorze

Mary Beard is one of the most original and best-known classicists working today. She is Professor of Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the Classics editor of the TLS. She is a fellow of the British Academy and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her books include the Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town (2008) and the best-selling SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (2015). Her popular TLS blog has been collected in the books It's a Don's Life and All in a Don's Day. Her latest book is Women & Power: A Manifesto (2017).