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Rome : a history in seven sackings / Matthew Kneale.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501191091 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xii, 417 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Great Britain : Atlantic Books, 2017. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Gauls -- Goths -- More Goths -- Normans -- Spanish and Lutherans -- French -- Nazis. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Rome > History. Rome > History, Military. Rome (Italy) > History. Rome (Italy) > History, Military. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 945.632 Kne | 31681010101657 | NONFIC | On holds shelf | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A novelist offers a nonfiction history of the Eternal City by focusing on seven moments of crisis and catastrophe, including fires, floods, earthquakes and most epically, attacks and invasions from roving armies. - Baker & Taylor
Presents seven important historical attacks on Rome and how they changed the city. - Simon and Schuster
"Kneale's account is a masterpiece of pacing and suspense. Characters from the city's history spring to life in his hands." 'The Sunday Times (London)
Novelist and historian Matthew Kneale, a longtime resident of Rome, tells the story of the Eternal City'from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to Mussolini and the German occupation in World War Two'through pivotal moments that defined its history.
Rome, the Eternal City. It is a hugely popular tourist destination with a rich history, famed for such sites as the Colosseum, the Forum, the Pantheon, St. Peter's, and the Vatican. In no other city is history as present as it is in Rome. Today visitors can stand on bridges that Julius Caesar and Cicero crossed; walk around temples in the footsteps of emperors; visit churches from the earliest days of Christianity.
This is all the more remarkable considering what the city has endured over the centuries. It has been ravaged by fires, floods, earthquakes, and'most of all'by roving armies. These have invaded repeatedly, from ancient times to as recently as 1943. Many times Romans have shrugged off catastrophe and remade their city anew.
Matthew Kneale uses seven of these crisis moments to create a powerful and captivating account of Rome's extraordinary history. He paints portraits of the city before each assault, describing what it looked like, felt like, smelled like and how Romans, both rich and poor, lived their everyday lives. He shows how the attacks transformed Rome'sometimes for the better. With drama and humor he brings to life the city of Augustus, of Michelangelo and Bernini, of Garibaldi and Mussolini, and of popes both saintly and very worldly. He shows how Rome became the chaotic and wondrous place it is today. Rome: A History in Seven Sackings offers a unique look at a truly remarkable city.
