{"product_id":"9781846683817","title":"SPQR A History of Ancient Rome","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSPQR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome \"with passion and without technical jargon\" and demonstrates how \"a slightly shabby Iron Age village\" rose to become the \"undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHailed by critics as animating \"the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEconomist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) in a way that makes \"your hair stand on end\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this \"highly informative, highly readable\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Warehouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40907430396019,"sku":"9781846683817","price":390.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/51biBDxcjrL._SX324_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1690985739","url":"https:\/\/www.readerswarehouse.shop\/products\/9781846683817","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}