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Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins

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<p><b>* A <i>Financial Times </i>Book of the Year * A <i>Sunday Times</i> and <i>Mail on Sunday</i> Summer Read *<br><br>HOLD THE POWER AND GLORY OF ANCIENT ROME IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.<br><br>'Fantastic ... expert storytelling' </b>CONN IGGULDEN<br><b>'Excellent' </b><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><b>'Riveting and utterly original'</b> <i>MAIL ON SUNDAY</i><br><br><i>A wild she-wolf tenderly nurses infant twins Romulus and Remus.</i><br><i>Marcus Junius Brutus looks out over chaos and conflict, flaunting the bloodied daggers with which he murdered Julius Caesar. </i><br><i>Trumpets blare, crowds roar, gladiators enter the grand Colosseum. Let the games begin.</i><br><br>Frescoes fade and books vanish, but the story of Rome's epic rise and fall survives in scenes struck in gold, silver and bronze. Told through the lives of twelve remarkable coins, this is ancient Rome as you've never seen it before.<br><br><b>'Extremely enjoyable' </b>EMMA SOUTHON<br><b>'Wonderful ... there are riches aplenty in these pages'</b> CHRISTOPHER HADLEY<br><b>'Ingenious - filled with illuminating details'</b> MATTHEW KNEALE<br><b>'Fascinating, original and fun' </b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529931457

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 128 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd