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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.

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.

Über den Autor
Mary Beard is the most acclaimed classicist working today. She is the Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge and is the Classics editor of the TLS. She is also the co-host, with Charlotte Higgins, of the podcast Instant Classics. Her books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii as well as Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power, Emperor of Rome and Talking Classics. Her work has been published in over 35 languages.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: XVIII
494 S.
ISBN-13: 9781846683787
ISBN-10: 1846683785
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Beard, Mary
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Profile Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 238 x 163 x 51 mm
Von/Mit: Mary Beard
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,93 kg
Artikel-ID: 120522862

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