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Quality
So this book will probably provide greatest pleasure to those who already have some familiarity with the subjects treated
Ive not quite finished reading the book but the quality is very even so far and i expect it will stay that way
And she ties in her discussions of these with the critiques of the usually more serious scholarship represented by the books un... Read More
Competitiveness
The essays on nero and asterix are by themselves worth the price of the book
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- This product had a total of 259 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 5 2021.
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Potential buyers should be aware that apart from the introduction and the opening essay this book is a collection of a number of mary beards book reviews
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The reviews themselves are arranged in chronological order by subject
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While her reviews give you a sense of what the original book says on some occasions i did find myself thinking i need to have read the original to appreciate what the review says
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Hence the reviews that i found most useful and interesting were the reviews of books that i have already read
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A collection of articles that reveal professor beard at her most insightful and provocative
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This book has thirtyone chapters – each is one a book review that has been published elsewhere over the years by the author
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Whereas in this case the reader learns from the discussion the author presents about what the reviewed book’s author has written
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She explores contradicting analyses of various classical topics and by doing so unveils the incomplete mosaic of classics history
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