Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Autor Professor Mary Bearden Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 iul 2009
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781861975966
ISBN-10: 1861975961
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1861975961
Pagini: 416
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Newnham College, Cambridge. Her books include The Parthenon and The Colosseum (with Keith Hopkins), and the recent The Roman Triumph. She lives in Cambridge.
Recenzii
"'Much of what you think you know about Pompeii may turn out, on reading this eye-opening book, to be wrong. Beard, a professor of classics at Cambridge, always wears her learning lightly, and in this outstanding book she has excelled herself, puncturing preconceptions and exposing a whole layer of myth about the world's best-preserved ancient town. The result is an often gripping piece of detective work that also offers a tantalising window into the reality of daily Roman life.' The Sunday Times History Books of the Year - Andrew Holgate * 'A learned and fascinating book'- Guardian * 'In this brilliant portrait of the "life in a Roman town", Mary Beard uses the relics buried by the eruption on AD79 to bring everyday Roman culture alive'- Sunday Times * 'Compelling' - Independent"
A thoroughly worthy winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize, Mary Beard's bedroom-to-boardroom tour of the life of a Roman town is disgracefully enjoyable for such a deeply learned and sceptically debunking book
This marvellous book won the Wolfson History Prize and is a model of subtle but accessible writing about the past
[A] brilliant portrait...This meticulous, vivid study of life in the town, the winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize, rightly and resolutely focuses on the living city
Classicist Mary Beard has had a great time rooting about that ghostly place and she has brought it quite splendidly back to life
To the vast field of Pompeiana she brings the human touch...This absorbing, inquisitive and affectionate account of Pompeii is a model of its kind. Beard has caught the quick of what was and, in our lives today, remains the same
Very readable and excellently researched... Beard's clear-sighted and accessible style makes this a compelling look into history
If you want to know what really happened in the last days of the petrified city, Beard's meticulous reconstruction will fill you in, scraping away many of your preconceptions as it goes, while her evocative writing will transport you back
Wonderful piece of scholarship worn lightly and wittily
Wittily written...evoking in all who read it the insatiable need to see the town for themselves
A myth-breaking expedition, grandiose in scale, vibrant in its telling
Engaging and defiantly otherworldly
A learned and fascinating book
In this brilliant portrait of the "life in a Roman town", Mary Beard uses the relics buried by the eruption on AD79 to bring everyday Roman culture alive.'
Compelling
A thoroughly worthy winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize, Mary Beard's bedroom-to-boardroom tour of the life of a Roman town is disgracefully enjoyable for such a deeply learned and sceptically debunking book
This marvellous book won the Wolfson History Prize and is a model of subtle but accessible writing about the past
[A] brilliant portrait...This meticulous, vivid study of life in the town, the winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize, rightly and resolutely focuses on the living city
Classicist Mary Beard has had a great time rooting about that ghostly place and she has brought it quite splendidly back to life
To the vast field of Pompeiana she brings the human touch...This absorbing, inquisitive and affectionate account of Pompeii is a model of its kind. Beard has caught the quick of what was and, in our lives today, remains the same
Very readable and excellently researched... Beard's clear-sighted and accessible style makes this a compelling look into history
If you want to know what really happened in the last days of the petrified city, Beard's meticulous reconstruction will fill you in, scraping away many of your preconceptions as it goes, while her evocative writing will transport you back
Wonderful piece of scholarship worn lightly and wittily
Wittily written...evoking in all who read it the insatiable need to see the town for themselves
A myth-breaking expedition, grandiose in scale, vibrant in its telling
Engaging and defiantly otherworldly
A learned and fascinating book
In this brilliant portrait of the "life in a Roman town", Mary Beard uses the relics buried by the eruption on AD79 to bring everyday Roman culture alive.'
Compelling
Descriere
Offers surprising insights into the workings of a Roman town, from hygiene to erotica. Sold over 15,000 copies in hardback, with the paperback published in the summer - with Pompeii being a popular holiday destination. 'A learned and fascinating book' "Guardian"