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Rome : eternal city

Title
Rome : eternal city / Ferdinand Addis.
Author
Addis, Ferdinand
Publication
  • London : Head of Zeus, 2018.
  • ©2018

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632 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits (some colour); 24 cm
Summary
Why does Rome continue to exert a hold on the world's imagination? Ferdinand Addis brings the myth of Rome alive by concentrating on vivid episodes from its long and unimaginably rich history. Each of his chapters is an evocative, self-contained narrative, whether it is the murder of Caesar; the near-destruction of the city by the Gauls in 390 BC; the construction of the Colosseum and the fate of the gladiators; Bernini's creation of the Baroque masterpiece that is St Peter's Basilica; the brutal crushing of republican dreams in 1849; the sinister degeneration of Mussolini's first state, or the magical, corrupt Rome of Fellini's La Dolce Vita. This is a kaleidoscopic history of a city indelibly associated with republicanism and dictatorship, Christian orthodoxy and its rivals, high art and low life in all its forms.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 19-7604
ISBN
  • 9781781851883
  • 1781851883
LCCN
2018410806
OCLC
1079757925
Author
Addis, Ferdinand, author.
Title
Rome : eternal city / Ferdinand Addis.
Publisher
London : Head of Zeus, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
ebook version : 9781781853054
Research Call Number
JFE 19-7604
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