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Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town (Hardcover)

by Mary Beard (Author)

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Hardcover: 360 pages
Publisher: Profile Books (18 Sep 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1861975163
ISBN-13: 978-1861975164
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.4 x 4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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A brilliant portrait of "the life of a Roman town" ... [a] wonderful book. --James McConnachie, Sunday Times

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Beard's cheerful scepticism makes her Pompeii more intriguing, more believable, than any version I have read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Changing views of Pompeii, 22 Sep 2008

By	I. G. Lennox "iglennox" (Hampshire) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There has always been, since the first discovery, conflict over the meaning of the archeological findings. Some texts are more rigid than others, for example the splendidly illustrated 'Complete Pompeii' by Berry. This new volume has a more laid back approach and all, or at least most, of ones long set assumptions are questioned. So, this is not a guide to carry round the site but a superb contemplation of how life in the town might have been, Like the "Triumph', Prof. Beard shakes the established ideas and stimulates. I found it hard to put down.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Time Travel back to 79AD, 22 Sep 2008

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Professor Beard tells the tale of ancient Pompeii in a highly readable and authoritative way. Drawing from the work of historians and archaeologists present and past she transports the reader back to Pompeii's last days. Along the way assumptions are challenged about the number of brothels, or the date of the volcanic explosion which condemned the town into a memory. Wheel ruts and the rules of the road come alive. I suspect that a visit to Pompeii will never be the same again.

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4.0 out of 5 stars highly informative and a super read., 3 Oct 2008

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After reading Robert Harris's novel Pompeii I was keen on gaining more knowledge about both the people and the town that was overcome by the eruption of Vesuvius , so this books publication allowed me that opportunity.

The amount of information conveyed is awesome and the life of the various citizen's of Pompeii is truly bought to life , the book is written in a scholarly way as befits a Cambridge Don but in no way does this get in the way , she paint's a fantastic picture of the place and it's culture , organisation and politics as well as spicing thing's up by many reference's to the sexual liberation of the era.

A very well written book and did everything I asked of it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A most compelling account
An outstanding account of the town of Pompeii and what has been discovered there, this book, as other reviewers have said, questions the many assumptions which have been made with... Read more

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I should warn more sensitive readers that this book, as you might expect, has a mostly ubnhappy ending.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
This book arrived just after I had started reading another book on a World War II subject. Being hugely interested in all things Roman Empire I couldn't resist starting "Pompeii"... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Malcolm Addey

4.0 out of 5 stars The greatness of Pompeii
A very useful introduction for the city of Pompeii. Although specific citations for each bit of information are missing, due to the fact that the book is intended for a wider... Read more

Published 4 months ago by Mr. Charalambos Paraskeva

5.0 out of 5 stars Visit Pompeii first, read book, go back to Pompeii
A really insightful and absorbing guide to Pompeii. Having been around the site for 8 hours I was able to relate to her commentary particularly using the map in the front. Read more

Published 5 months ago by R. O. Williams

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