{"product_id":"a-fatal-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum-9780861540518","title":"A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCSI: Ancient Rome – what can everyday killings tell us about the Empire and its people?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A brilliant idea, brilliantly executed.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tom Holland, author of \u003ci\u003eRubicon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDynasty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDominion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Southon brings some great and little-known murder stories to light, revelling in the bizarre and the macabre.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘She has a rare gift… Those left cold by the sober tones of scholarship will find this voice liberating and intoxicating. Its energy is boundless and its range immense… At a moment when the study of classics struggles to escape its starchy, imperialist legacy, Ms Southon’s cheeky enthusiasm feels like the path of salvation.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Blood, guts, murder, emperors and a sprinkling of uplifting Latin. A wonderful book on the Roman way of death. Mirabile dictu!’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Harry Mount, author of \u003ci\u003eCarpe Diem\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmo Amas Amat... and All That\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I love this funny, scholarly, erudite, irreverent book; Emma Southon wears her learning lightly but we never for a moment doubt her authority, and the past arrives with total immediacy from the first page. Reading it is like seeing a classical statue not remote and austere on a pedestal, but painted in all its original bright colours.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sarah Perry, author of \u003ci\u003eMelmoth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The genius of Emma Southon’s new book, \u003cem\u003eA Fatal Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome\u003c\/em\u003e, is that it simultaneously humanizes the Romans and alienates us from them, portraying a society that’s at once a familiar ancestor and a rabid monster.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘this very approachable analysis of Classical homicide isn’t a dry academic tract… conversational and tongue-in-cheek without sacrificing scholarly credibility. A good chance to learn a lot and have fun doing it.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Herald (Glasgow) *","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866102116695,"sku":"9780861540518","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780861540518.jpg?v=1722277044","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-fatal-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum-9780861540518","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}