The Rome we have lost / John Pemble.
The Rome we have lost / John Pemble.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
[Oxford, United Kingdom] ; [New York, NY, United States of America] : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2018/3387
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 171 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
List of plates -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Prologue: two poets and three Romes -- Paradise, grave, city, wilderness -- Old Rome and the modern mind -- The dying of the light -- Apollo deposed -- Far-off fields of memory -- The prisoner in the Vatican -- The second coming -- Notes -- Picture a...
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Publisher
[Oxford, United Kingdom] ; [New York, NY, United States of America] : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"For a thousand years, Rome was enshrined in myth and legend as the Eternal City. No Grand Tour would be complete without a visit to its ruins. But from 1870, all that changed. A millennium ended as its solitary moonlit ruins became floodlit monuments on traffic islands, and its perimeter shifted from the ancient nineteen-kilometre wall with twelve...
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Full title
The Rome we have lost / John Pemble.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
G 2018/3387
Record Identifier
74VKVApy5P7A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVApy5P7A
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ISBN
0198803966
9780198803966
DDC
945.63
MMS ID
991024172190802626
