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Mary Beard is the most acclaimed classicist working today. She is the Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge and is the Classics editor of the TLS. She is also the co-host, with Charlotte Higgins, of the podcast Instant Classics. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii as well as Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power and Emperor of Rome. Her work has been published in over 35 languages.Her irreverence has turned her into a national treasure... illuminates the present through the past
Observer
EastEnders for the 1st century AD... Beard's enthusiastic sense of wonder remains undimmed and unjaded.
The Times
This book is a true delight, a thought-provoking, engaging and deeply personal look at the classical world from an author who understands it like no other
- Elodie Harper, author of THE WOLF DEN,
A lively, accessible case for why the ancient world still matters, drawing connections between Greece, Rome and today. Packed with insight and wit, this is a spirited defence of classics for modern readers.
i Paper
Pithily presented, with flashes of salty humour... excavates the discipline from the layers of argument that surround it
The Economist
Her enthusiasm remains undimmed, and it's her great gift that she's able to bring the past to life
Radio Times
Deeply affectionate... draws on decades of teaching experience
Express and Star
Engrossing... Beard's book shows how, in these days of easy AI-generated answers and polarised politics, engaging with classics means grappling with different viewpoints
Sunday Post
Delves deep into the worlds of ancient Rome and Greece [from] a renowned classicist
Irish Times
A treatise on why the cultural artefacts of Ancient Greece and Rome remain relevant to our present millennium
Buzz Magazine
Iconoclastic and energetic... makes the case for rethinking - and renewing our relationship with - the Classics
Observer
Praise for Mary Beard: 'Britain's most famous classicist is at the peak of her powers
The Times
A beautifully written product of a lifetime of deep scholarly learning
Financial Times
What she says is always powerful and interesting
Guardian
Dynamically, wittily and authoritatively brings the ancient world to life
- Simon Sebag Montefiore,
Beard informs and entertains... What she touches turns to light
Independent
The most famous historian of Rome sets the record straight
Time