9780871404220 - Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World di Beard, Mary (59 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First American Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Condizione: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Condizione: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condizione: New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New.

hardcover. Condizione: New. This is a hardcover book with a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st American Edition. COMPELLING: INTIMATE: NUANCED: ICONOCLASTIC: BRILLIANT: VIVID: NEW First American Edition (2003) w/ no. line at "2" showing Second Printing: NEW handsomely-designed mylar-protected color-illus. jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, NEW jet-black paper-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE handsomely-illus. sepia card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets & gold-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on VERY GOOD blemish-free archival paper * 6.25" x 9.50" x 1.60", 0.92 kg, xviii+494 (512) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: In her international bestseller "S.P.Q.R.", Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Here, drawing on more than 30 years of teaching & writing about Roman history, Mary Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning w/ Julius Caesar--assassinated in 44 BCE--& taking us through the nearly 3 centuries--& some 30 emperors--that separate him from the boy-king Alexander(assassinated 235 CE). Yet "Emperor of Rome" is not your typical chronological account of Roman rulers, one emperor after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Instead, Beard asks different, often larger & more probing questions. What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained? What kind of jokes did Augustus tell? And for that matter what really happened between the emperor Hadrian and his beloved Antinous? Effortlessly combining the epic w/ the quotidian, Beard tracks th emperor down at home, at the races, on his travels, even on his way to heaven. Along the way, Beard explores Roman fictions of imperial power, overturning many of the assumptions we hold as gospel, not least of them the perception that emperors one and all were orchestrators of extreme brutality & cruelty. Here Beard introduces us to the emperor's wives & lovers, rivals & slaves, court jesters & soldiers, & the ordinary people who pressed begging letters into hi ys hand--whose chamber pot disputes were adjudicated by Augustus, & whose budgets were approved by Vespasian, himself the son of a tax collector. W/ its nuanced portrayal of sex, class, & politics, "Emperors of Rome" goes directly to the heart of Roman fantasies (and our own) about what it was to be Roman at its richest, most luxurious, most extreme, most powerful, & most deadly, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been oresented before. * MARY BEARD is the author of the NYT best-selling "SPQR" & "Confessing the Classics", both finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards, & the bestselling :"Women and Power." A well-known blogger & television personality, Beard is a regular contributor to the NYRB. She lives in England. HIGH PRAISE: "Troll slayer."-New Yorker "What she says is always powerful & interesting."-The Guardian "A Cambridge professor & a television lecturer of irresistably salty charm."-NYTBR "Beard informs & entertains w/o ever patronizing her readers. What she touches turns to light."-The Independent * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee of $16.00 & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted below-cost rates.

hardcover. Condizione: As New. Very nice book.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. In great condition with no signs of having been read. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and crisp. Other than a few small blemishes on the back panel, the DJ is in great condition with edges that are straight and crisp . Satisfaction guaranteed with 30-day return policy. Ships from Canada.; 6.6 X 1.7 X 9.6 inches; 512 pages; R4 298k/173k s19.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First American Edition. New. First Printing. Very little shelfwear. The dust jacket is in new mylar. 493 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. History.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Now, drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and taking us through the nearly three centuriesand some thirty emperorsthat separate him from the boy-king Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE).Yet Emperor of Rome is not your typical chronological account of Roman rulers, one emperor after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Instead, Beard asks different, often larger and more probing questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained? What kind of jokes did Augustus tell? And for that matter, what really happened, for example, between the emperor Hadrian and his beloved Antinous? Effortlessly combining the epic with the quotidian, Beard tracks the emperor down at home, at the races, on his travels, even on his way to heaven.Along the way, Beard explores Roman fictions of imperial power, overturning many of the assumptions that we hold as gospel, not the least of them the perception that emperors one and all were orchestrators of extreme brutality and cruelty. Here Beard introduces us to the emperors wives and lovers, rivals and slaves, court jesters and soldiers, and the ordinary people who pressed begging letters into his handwhose chamber pot disputes were adjudicated by Augustus, and whose budgets were approved by Vespasian, himself the son of a tax collector.With its finely nuanced portrayal of sex, class, and politics, Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman fantasies (and our own) about what it was to be Roman at its richest, most luxurious, most extreme, most powerful, and most deadly, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before. A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by "the world's most famous classicist" (Guardian). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. As the attached photos will attest, this is a beautiful first-edition first-printing of Mary Beard's compulsively readable history of the Roman emperors.

Hardback. Condizione: New. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBest Books of 2023: New Yorker, The Economist, SmithsonianMost Anticipated Books of Fall: Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TODAY, Literary Hub, and Publishers Weekly"A vivid way to re-examine what we know, and don't, about life at the top. Emperor of Rome is a masterly group portrait, an invitation to think skeptically but not contemptuously of a familiar civilization." -Kyle Harper, Wall Street JournalA sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by "the world's most famous classicist" (Guardian).

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.