Comments on: Review: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard

By: Heidenkind

Heidenkind — Fri, 06 May 2016 03:58:41 +0000

I heard Beard’s TV series on Rome was really good as well.

By: jessicabookworm

jessicabookworm — Thu, 05 May 2016 15:34:59 +0000

I would really like to read this after hearing only great things about the book and having seen a few episodes from the TV documentary.

By: Booker talk

Booker talk — Wed, 04 May 2016 21:13:43 +0000

I’ve been eyeing this one but since I haven’t read the last one by her I felt probably it would just end up on the shelf for years.
My favourite spot in Rome is also the Parthenon, especially at the end of the day when you can sit at the cafe and imagine all those feet from ancient times walking the same path

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 04 May 2016 20:35:44 +0000

Cannot wait to read this!! I am ashamed to admit that I threw away my shot to get a copy of this book for free — I was at a conference, the Penguin booth was giving away books because they didn’t want to have to ship them all home, and I didn’t want to appear greedy, so I waited to go ask. And by the time I got there, someone had already taken SPQR. SOB. (I’ll seize the day next time.)