Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith by Mary Beard - ISBN: 9781805222460
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What is civilisation? Mary Beard explores human and divine depictions.

Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    23 September 2024

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Summary

‘The reigning Queen of Classics’ Spectator ‘Mary Beard is the best in the business’ Dan Snow ‘Excellent’ Guardian ‘Enthralling’ Sunday Times

Britain’s most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?

Central to this huge question are the ways in which we have depicted the human and the divine from prehistory to the present day. And across such iconic creations as Angkor Wat, the Ravenna mosaics and China’s terracotta army, one ancient representat…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781805222460
ISBN-10:1805222465
Author:Mary Beard, Professor Mary Beard
Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
Imprint:Profile Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:23 September 2024
Weight:330g
Dimensions:128mm x 196mm x 14mm
Series:Civilisations
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Critics Review

’[Mary Beard is] the best in the business’ - Dan Snow‘Excellent … an invigorating guide’ - Kathryn Hughes‘Beautifully produced and elegantly written … utterly compelling’ - Linda Hogan‘Enthralling’ - John Carey’[Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote’ - Sunday Times

About The Author

Mary Beard

Mary Beard is Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge and the Classics Editor of the TLS. She has worldwide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power, and most recently, Emperor of Rome. She has made numerous television series and her books have been published in over thirty languages.

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