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Confronting the Classics

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Confronting the Classics

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About the book

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 invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knoss...Show more

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9781781250495

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Profile Books Ltd

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2014

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Confronting the Classics

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