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Confronting the Classics. Mary Beard. Hardcover. New.

Description: Dame Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her TV presenting and her books. In a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero and Boudicca. She also invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves. She brings back to life some of the greatest writers of antiquity - including Thucydides, Cicero and Tacitus - and takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix. The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, Confronting the Classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertise.

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Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Item Height: 240mm

Item Width: 162mm

Author: Professor Mary Beard

Publication Name: Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Profile Books

Subject: History

Publication Year: 2013

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 584g

Number of Pages: 384 Pages

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