Emperor of Rome: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller - Couverture rigide

Beard, Professor Mary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1846683785 ISBN 13 : 9781846683787

Editeur : Profile Books Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER & BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF 2023
A PROSPECT BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
THE TIMES TOP 50 PAPERBACKS OF THE YEAR 2024

'[Mary Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote' Sunday Times

'Britain's most famous classicist ... at the peak of her powers' The Times

'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries' Telegraph

'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator

What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world?

In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE).

Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained?

Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE).

Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained?

Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Profile Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846683785
• ISBN 13: 9781846683787
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512
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