At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she trace
In SPQR, an instant classic upon its publication, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome “with passion and without jargon” and demonstrates how “a slightly shabby Iron Age village . . . rose to becom
What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a f
An internationally recognized historian takes readers on an eye-opening tour of the Ancient World, shedding new light on the Greek and Roman history, and combines the epic with the everyday, which for
Mary Beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her TV presenting and her books. In a series of spar
Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series(Part I and Part II)Oscar Wilde compared it to a white goddess, Evelyn Waugh to Stilton cheese. In observers from Lord
