Populus : Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome, Guy de la Bedoyere

Populus : Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome, Guy de la BedoyereNew Paperback A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome by one of the best historians of the ancient world Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bdoyre takes the reader into a world of

and the House of Bone's sworn enemy

as Sam Lee tells the story of the nightingale

Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain

and some fears too consuming to conquer

From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe

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and to valuing the triumphs while transcending the failures of human relationships

and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror

wipe-clean cards ideal for little hands

Written by zoology correspondent

lives with six flatmates

it continues to resonate with readers today as testament to the universal human struggle to claim one's rightful place in the world