'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy ... scrutinising and animated in equal measure' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail
Mary Beard is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. Her books include the acclaimed The Roman Triumph and The Parthenon (in the Wonders of the World series of which she is general editor).
This marvellous book won the Wolfson History Prize and is a model
of subtle but accessible writing about the past
*Guardian*
Classicist Mary Beard has had a great time rooting about that
ghostly place, and she has brought it quite splendidly back to
life.
*Sunday Telegraph*
To the vast field of Pompeiiana she brings the human touch... this
absorbing, inquisitive and affectionate account of Pompeii is a
model of its kind. Beard has caught the quick of what was and, in
our lives today, remains the same.
*The Times*
Very readable and excellently researched... Beard's clear-sighted
and accessible style makes this a compelling look into history.
*Observer*
If you want to know what really happened in the last days of the
petrified city, Beard's meticulous reconstruction will fill you in,
scraping away many of your preconceptions as it goes, while her
evocative writing will transport you back.
*Guardian*
The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style
myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and
propulsive energy ... scrutinising and animated in equal
measure.
*Daily Mail*
A brilliant portrait ... this meticulous, vivid study of life in
the town rightly and resolutely focuses on the living city.
*Sunday Times*
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