{"product_id":"spqr","title":"SPQR A History of Ancient Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA sweeping, \"magisterial\" history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists shows why Rome remains \"relevant to people many centuries later\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSPQR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome \"with passion and without technical jargon\" and demonstrates how \"a slightly shabby Iron Age village\" rose to become the \"undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Hailed by critics as animating \"the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEconomist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) in a way that makes \"your hair stand on end\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this \"highly informative, highly readable\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries. With its nuanced attention to class, democratic struggles, and the lives of entire groups of people omitted from the historical narrative for centuries, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSPQR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will to shape our view of Roman history for decades to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45497200083167,"sku":"9781846683817","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781846683817.jpg?v=1744081210","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/spqr","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}