Spartacus Road: A Personal Journey Through Ancient Italy [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Stothard, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590205782 ISBN 13: 9781590205785

Verlag: Overlook Pr, 2012

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""Spartacus Road" makes for a wonderfully rich and endlessly thought-provoking brew.... Beautifully written, musing and far-sighted it's an astounding success." Christopher Hart, "Literary Review"
Peter Stothard s account of his journey is the footsteps of Spartacus s army is not just a travel book, but also a memoir of surviving cancer The idea for this book was...to retrace the steps of the rebel slave Spartacus and his men for 2,000 miles through the Italian countryside. It would be an opportunity to retell one of the great underdog stories of the ancient world: how a motley bunch of slaves repeatedly defeated the might of the Roman army between 73 and 71BC. It would be a chance to compare ancient and modern Italy, to meditate perhaps on slavery and liberty, to think about the dynamics of asymmetric warfare and so one. "The Sunday Times"
"A fusion of memoir, history and travelogue that is unlike any other book ever written about Spartacus, and all the more precious for bei

"Now comes a distinguished contribution to the field by the British journalist and classicist Peter Stothard. "Spartacus Road" is a work of history, telling us of Spartacus' life and legend, but it is also a travel book, as Mr. Stothard follows Spartacus' rebellious path through 2,000 miles of Italian countryside... Ancient history often comes to us in this form--as a kind of mosaic that we must piece together for ourselves, as Mr. Stothard has done so well here. And it still arouses modern passions. Mr. Stothard's engaging book reminds us that, for all the secrets the story of Spartacus refuses to give up, it still leads us back to the heart of things."--"The Wall Street Journal"
"By the time one has finished "Spartacus Road," one has learned just about all there is to know about the slave leader, his victories, and his final defeat--his body was never found. One also has learned about a good deal else besides, from Frontinus the aqueduct maker to the poet Statius and his epi

"Mr. Stothard's engaging book reminds us that, for all the secrets the story of Spartacus refuses to give up, it still leads us back to the heart of things." -"Wall Street Journal"
Mr. Stothard''s engaging book reminds us that, for all the secrets the story of Spartacus refuses to give up, it still leads us back to the heart of things."--"Wall Street Journal"

Mr. Stothard's engaging book reminds us that, for all the secrets the story of Spartacus refuses to give up, it still leads us back to the heart of things." "Wall Street Journal""

Reseña del editor

Its success was something no one before had ever known. The Spartacus Road is the route along which this rebel army outfought the world's finest military forces between 73and 71 BC, bringing both fears and hopes that have never wholly left the modern mind. Sweepingly erudite and strikingly personal, The Spartacus Road is a book like none other--at once a journalist's notebook, a reflection on life's fragility, including the author's own fight against cancer; and a classicist's celebration. As he travels along the Spartacus Road and into the classical Italian landscape, Stothard breathes new life into a singular war in antiquity, recounting one of the greatest stories of the ages.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Overlook Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1590205782
• ISBN 13: 9781590205785
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 353