Natalie Haynes

The Ancient Guide to Modern Life

Buch

It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This is a book with a serious point to make but the author isn't simply a classicist but a comedian and broadcaster who has made television and radio documentaries about humour, education and Dorothy Parker. This is a book for us all.Whether political, cultural or social, there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's the murder of C… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84668-324-4
EAN: 9781846683244
Produktnummer: 12050636
Verlag: Profile Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H20.7 cm x B13.1 cm x D2.0 cm 239 g
Auflage: Main
Gewicht: 239

Über den Autor

Natalie Haynes took her Cambridge degree in Classics which she also once taught in public schools. She is an award-winning comic, and a regular panellist on the BBC's Newsnight Review, Saturday Review and Front Row. She has been a guest columnist for The Times since 2006. Profile published the hardback in 2010 [9781846683237].