David Watkin

The Roman Forum

Buch

There are few more historic and evocative places in the world. Caesar was cremated there. Charles V and Mussolini rode by it in triumph. There Napoleon celebrated his festival of liberty. In this radical reappraisal David Watkin teaches us to see the Forum with new eyes and helps us to rediscover its rich history. This is as stimulating to the armchair traveller as it is useful as a guide to the Forum itself.'With verve, authority and no little humour, Watkin tells the detailed and complex story of this great but mutilated landmark ... it is an almost impossible task, superbly done' Peter Jones, BBC History Magazine'In this sprightly volume .… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-86197-805-9
EAN: 9781861978059
Produktnummer: 6024090
Verlag: Profile Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H18.9 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.0 cm 244 g
Auflage: Main
Gewicht: 244
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

David Watkin was Professor of Architectural History at the University of Cambridge. He has written major studies of architects like Soane and Thomas Hope and the influential polemic Architecture and Morality. He is now retired and lives in Chicago.