Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations by Mary Beard

Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures and Innovations

Mary Beard

384 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays history challenging informative slow-paced

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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 h...

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