
Confronting the Classics
Traditions, Adventures and Innovations
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Narrated by:
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Lynne Jenson
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By:
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Mary Beard
One of the world's leading historians provides a revolutionary tour of the Ancient World, dusting off the classics for the twenty-first century. Mary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book in which we encounter not only Cleopatra and Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Hannibal, but also the common people - the millions of inhabitants of the Roman Empire, the slaves, soldiers, and women. How did they live? Where did they go if their marriage was in trouble or if they were broke? Or, perhaps just as important, how did they clean their teeth?
Effortlessly combining the epic with the quotidian, Beard forces us along the way to reexamine so many of the assumptions we held as gospel - not the least of them the perception that the Emperor Caligula was bonkers or Nero a monster. With capacious wit and verve, Beard demonstrates that, far from being carved in marble, the classical world is still very much alive.
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horrible horrible narration but worth a listen
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Yes, in terms of content, even though it's repurposed book reviews. No, when the narrator is factored in. Her ersatz English accent and abundant mispronunciations make this very hard to listen to.If you’ve listened to books by Mary Beard before, how does this one compare?
I haven't listened to other Mary Beard books, but her own videos on YouTube are considerably more engaging.How did the narrator detract from the book?
Her pseudo English accent is over the top, with annoying and meaningless little flutters of delight. She can't handle words in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, or indeed often English.Annoying narrator
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erratic voice changes
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Terrible Narration
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Great book -horrible narration
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Great book undermined by horrible narration.
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Excellent work, bad narration
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