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Emperor of Rome
The Sunday Times Bestseller
Mary Beard
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER & BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
A BLOOMBERG BEST BOOK OF 2023
A PROSPECT BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
'[Mary Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote' Sunday Times
'Britain's most famous classicist ... at the peak of her powers' The Times
'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries' Telegraph
'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator
What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world?
In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE).
Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained?
Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before.
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t sold out, who is absolutely respected by the academy for her scholarship ... what she says is always powerful and interesting
Mary Beard has pulled off that rare trick of becoming a don with a high media profile who hasn'
Mary Beard has pulled off that rare trick of becoming a don with a high media profile who hasn'
An accomplished scholar and lively debunker...Beard informs and entertains without ever patronising her readers. What she touches turns to light</p>
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s most famous classicist [is] at the peak of her powers ... Even more interesting than the insight into the imperial elite is the light the book sheds on the modern world
Britain'
Britain'
An extraordinary investigation into the gulf between the experience and the narrative of Roman autocracy ... Beard weaves a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries
A fascinating exploration of assumptions about how the emperors of Rome from Julius Caesar to Alexander Severus acceded to the throne, ruled over an empire [and] even became gods ... Beard has redefined what it meant to be an emperor of Rome
[Mary Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote
s ruthless rulers ... Beard does a wonderful job of taking us into the maelstrom of fantasy, desire and projection that swirled around these rulers
An enthralling analysis of the wild stories that circulated about Rome'
An enthralling analysis of the wild stories that circulated about Rome'
Good emperors may not have been as virtuous as they were painted, nor bad ones so wicked ... all told in trademark exuberant Beard style ... Those familiar with her TV series can hear her voice in the way she writes, her passion for the subject oozing off the page
Beard [is] the rock star scholar of Ancient Rome
of an emperor can reveal about the psychology of power
Eloquent, charming, exuberant ... [A] lively and engaging way of examining what the actions and "job description"
Eloquent, charming, exuberant ... [A] lively and engaging way of examining what the actions and "job description"
Lavishly illustrated ... erudite and entertaining ... Beard is so appealing and approachable that even the recalcitrant reader who previously gave not a single thought to the Roman Empire will warm to her subject
s vital to see these individuals not just as characters in macabre stories but as hard-working bureaucrats ... from the path to the top to the almost inevitable sticky end
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s ordinary citizens and the remarkable resilience of the regime
Surprising and fascinating ... Explores what we can and can't know about the men who ruled the Roman Empire, and what the lurid stories about so many of them tell us about the anxieties and fantasies of Rome'
Surprising and fascinating ... Explores what we can and can't know about the men who ruled the Roman Empire, and what the lurid stories about so many of them tell us about the anxieties and fantasies of Rome'
s future
There have been many fine books about the Romans this year ... but Mary Beard's <i>Emperor of Rome </i>still stands out ... she draws not just on a career's worth of classical-historical knowledge, but on a career's worth of thinking about how classical history itself - with its truths, lies and unknowns - should be approached. The result could be a manifesto for the discipline'
There have been many fine books about the Romans this year ... but Mary Beard's <i>Emperor of Rome </i>still stands out ... she draws not just on a career's worth of classical-historical knowledge, but on a career's worth of thinking about how classical history itself - with its truths, lies and unknowns - should be approached. The result could be a manifesto for the discipline'
s an immediacy to it all, as if the ancient world were not so long ago and easily understood
Impressively detailed ... there'
Impressively detailed ... there'
Magisterial ... A beautifully written product of a lifetime of deep scholarly learning
An erudite view on what it is to be an emperor on an everyday basis and how citizens experience life in an empire. As always with Beard, clichés are crushed. She debunks some of the most common myths about the Roman emperors, and her insights are relevant to our understanding of power and leadership today
A masterly group portrait, an invitation to think skeptically but not contemptuously of a familiar civilization ... Ms. Beard punctuates her erudite but easy prose with striking turns of phrase and arresting observations
As always, Beard is a brilliant guide ... <i>Emperor of Rome</i> charts a very different path [to] imperial biographies
A colourful tour of 30 emperors spanning over 250 years [through] the glitz and gore of Rome
An irrepressible enthusiast with a refreshing disregard for convention
[Mary Beard is] the reigning Queen of Classics
Mary Beard shows, through rich use of anecdote and decades of scholarship, what the traits and insecurities of the Roman emperors teach us about today
Fascinating ... hugely rewarding
Dynamically, wittily and authoritatively brings the ancient world to life
A beautiful book ... [Beard is] really good at thinking about some of the echoes between Roman politics and British politics, including today
s greatest or most notorious figures ... Beard is never afraid to hint of modern parallels with the world of Ancient Rome, which can superficially seem so remote from our own
Endlessly entertaining ... A close-up examination of Rome'
Endlessly entertaining ... A close-up examination of Rome'
Chatty, fun, argumentative, fearless, and ferociously well-informed
Imposing, colourful, entertaining ... Distils a vast amount of scholarship into 410 pages
[Mary Beard is] the best in the business
Vividly brings to life the history of Ancient Rome
s book is alert to these different layers of meaning
For once, the horse races and the Circus Maximus, the true centre of Roman popular culture, get their rightful pride of place ... [The Roman emperors] were bringers of peace and insatiable conquerors, monsters on display and civilised citizens, gods and frightened mortals ... Beard'
For once, the horse races and the Circus Maximus, the true centre of Roman popular culture, get their rightful pride of place ... [The Roman emperors] were bringers of peace and insatiable conquerors, monsters on display and civilised citizens, gods and frightened mortals ... Beard'
The most famous historian of Rome sets the record straight
A masterful storyteller with a perfect sense of dramatic and comic timing ... Better than anyone else in her generation ... A wonderful narrative that enlivens, in brilliant color, the world of a group of Roman emperors that readers already fascinated by a classical version of Roman antiquity will certainly love
A national treasure ... combining accessibility with profound knowledge lightly worn
An erudite view on what it is to be an emperor on an everyday basis and how citizens experience life in an empire. As always with Beard, clichés are crushed. She debunks some of the most common myths about the Roman emperors, and her insights are relevant to our understanding of power and leadership today
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