Mary Beard is one of the world's most renowned classical scholars - a brilliant academic with the ability to communicate with a wide audience through her television presentations and books.

In a series of brilliant essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as Alexander the Great, Nero, and Boudicca. She invites you to the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace of Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves.

She re-examines academic controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from The Golden Bough to Asterix.

The fruit of over thirty years of classical research, "Confronting the Classics" captures the world of antiquity and its contemporary significance with wit, vitality, and academic presentation.

Pages: 320, Publication Year: 0313, Dimensions: 12.6x12.6cm