F. Marion Crawford: Ave Roma Immortalis

Cover: 9788028357092 | Ave Roma Immortalis | The History of Eternal Rome | F. Marion Crawford

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Ave Roma Immortalis is F. Marion Crawford's expansive meditation on Rome as city, palimpsest, and historical destiny. Moving from legendary foundations and imperial grandeur through papal power, feudal violence, Renaissance magnificence, and modern transformation, the work blends antiquarian learning with the narrative animation of a novelist. Its style is richly pictorial, digressive, and urbane, belonging to the late nineteenth-century tradition of historical travel writing while aspiring to something more enduring: a moral and imaginative biography of the Eternal City. Crawford was unusually equipped for such a task. An American by nationality but cosmopolitan by upbringing, he was born into an artistic family deeply connected with Italy and spent much of his life in Rome and Sorrento. His career as a popular novelist, his command of European cultures, and his intimate knowledge of Italian society enabled him to approach Rome not merely as a tourist's spectacle, but as a living inheritance shaped by memory, politics, faith, and art. This book is recommended to readers who want more than a guidebook or chronology. It will appeal to lovers of Roman history, literary nonfiction, and atmospheric cultural criticism, especially those drawn to works that make the past feel intellectually vivid and emotionally inhabited.

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9788028357092
ISBN-10:	8028357091
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Crawford, F. Marion
Hersteller:	Sharp Ink
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, ?-170 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße:	229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	F. Marion Crawford
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.12.2023
Gewicht:	0,421 kg