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PublisherPegasus Books
ISBN-101639367608
ISBN-139781639367603
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Book TitleRoads to Rome : a History of Imperial Expansion
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicHistorical Geography, Military / Ancient, Ancient / Rome
GenreHistory
AuthorCatherine Fletcher
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight21.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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ReviewsThis is an accomplished and original account of an extraordinary and much misrepresented episode in Italian history. Fletcher provides a newly sympathetic portrait of a monarch whose rule in Florence was even more unlikely than Henry VII's presence on the English throne., Epic and witty. Fletcher is a thoroughly enjoyable narrator because she peppers her learned prose with wry humor, first-person asides, and comparisons between past and present. The Roads to Rome is a nuanced and perceptive book that interrogates 'the stories that we tell ourselves about who we are', With verve and expertise, Catherine Fletcher has tramped the far-flung Roman roads of Europe and created a delightful, novel and authoritative history from the ground up., Roman roads run everywhere, and Fletcher has been on most of them. It has been her labor of love to crisscross an entire continent. Fletcher's book is an exemplar of history as a travelogue. It presents a familiar panorama--of Europe since antiquity--but from an unfamiliar, even original perspective. The roads themselves are Fletcher's stars: sources of prosperity but also danger, stages on which to compete for and assert status, vectors of destiny that take men from where they cannot stay to where they must go. The camaraderie she generates with fellow travelers, dead as well as living, engages and inspires., Her narrative follows the extraordinary arc of Alessandro's life closely, but also uses it to illuminate the bloody opulence of Renaissance Italian politics in all its squalid, operatic glory., This is history quite literally following in the footsteps of the past: covering and uncovering the ways in which the Roman road network has become part of the DNA of every society since. It's a magical and informative ode to the majesty and mystical power of the humble roadway., A scintillating book that glisters and gleams with stabbings, poisonings, adultery and intrigue--and a startling reminder of how visceral and dangerous Renaissance Florence was. The drama of events is perfectly complemented by careful scholarship and lucid writing. This is everything a historical biography should be., Praise for Catherine Fletcher's The Black Prince of Florence : "Bold, breathless, and full of suspense.", Fletcher recounts Alessandro de' Medici's life, and even more so the times, in clear and often vivid prose with an eye for interesting detail., Fletcher displays an excellent comprehension of the Medici family and Renaissance political maneuvering. She carefully separates friends from enemies. Medici fans will expand their awareness of the family's broad reach, and Renaissance students will discover Machiavelli's models for The Prince ., A gripping narrative. It is impossible to finish this medieval melodrama without thinking that it would make a riveting series for an enterprising TV producer., Nothing in sixteenth century history is more astonishing to our era than the career of Alessandro de' Medici. His story, told by an exact and fluent historian, challenges our preconceptions. Catherine Fletcher's eye for the skewering detail makes the citizens of renaissance Florence live again: courtesans and cardinals, artists and assassins., Packed with intrigue. Fletcher describes with cool menace the plotting and politicking that dominated Alessandro's rule... brought splendidly to life in this excellent book., Elegantly plotted. It is no easy task to condense 25 centuries of history into 300 pages and Fletcher, whose area of expertise is Renaissance Europe, rises to the challenge. For modern Grand Tourists, Fletcher's book will provide an enjoyable distraction when the journey to Rome gets dull., In her magnificently imagined and vividly composed book, Catherine Fletcher gives new meaning to the word journeyman (these days journeyperson). Among her pages, we journey the thousands of miles of Roman roads from 500 BCE to the present and are never made timeless or homeless. Fletcher offers us justification for an infinity of plannable holidays or long hours of cozy reading at home. All readers should direct themselves to her Romes., Catherine Fletcher's mastery of history and storytelling converge beautifully in this captivating exploration of the Roman roads. She expertly leads us on a journey that reaches from Rome to Spain to Constantinople, and from the remote past into the present. A must-read for tourists and armchair travelers alike., In this revelatory work, Fletcher rescues Allessandro de' Medici from the well-known caricature his opponents manufactured. Throughout this compelling narrative, de' Medici's unlikely story and extraordinary life finally feel revealed as Fletcher gives him a welcome new complex legacy., Wide-ranging history of ancient Rome's globe-spanning network of roads. A lucid, readable work on a key aspect of ancient infrastructure and its survivals., Past and present cleverly entwine in Catherine Fletcher's erudite, entertaining and infinitely readable journey along the roads that stitch Europe's history together., The Roads to Rome is a vibrant, enchanting and rich compendium. Catherine Fletcher is an essential guide to the many hidden layers of history beneath our feet.
SynopsisInspired by original research and filled with color and drama, this is an exploration of two thousand years of history as seen through one the greatest imperial networks ever built. "All roads lead to Rome" is a medieval proverb, but it's also true: today's European roads still follow the networks of the ancient empire--and these ancient roads continue to grip our modern imaginations as a physical manifestation of Rome's extraordinary greatness. Over the two thousand years since they were first built, these roads have been walked by crusaders and pilgrims, liberators and dictators, but also by tourists and writers, refugees and artists. As channels of trade and travel--and routes for conquest and creativity--Catherine Fletcher reveals how these roads forever transformed the cultures, and intertwined the fates, of a vast panoply of people across Europe and beyond. The Roads to Rome is a magnificent journey into a past that remains intimately connected to our present. Traveling from Scotland to Cádiz to Istanbul and back to Rome, the reader meanders through a series of nations and empires that have risen and fallen. Along the way, we encounter spies, bandits, scheming innkeepers, a Byzantine noblewoman on the run, young aristocrats on their Grand Tour, a conquering Napoleon, John Keats, the Shelleys, the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and even Mussolini on his motorbike. Reflecting on his own walk on the Appian Way, Charles Dickens observed that here is "a history in every stone that strews the ground." Based on vibrant original research, this is the first narrative history to tell the full story of life on the roads that lead to Rome.
