SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Science Fiction Fantasy Love gets ugly

Love gets ugly

the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case

and theologians meet—if only to disagree

bitter pleasures are women

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Science Fiction Fantasy Love gets uglyIn SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science