{"product_id":"the-roads-to-rome-a-history-of-imperial-expansion-hardcover","title":"The Roads to Rome: A History of Imperial Expansion - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Fletcher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Roads to Rome\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent journey into a past that remains intimately connected to our present. Traveling from Scotland to C?diz 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Fletcher, \u003c\/b\u003ea historian of Renaissance and early modern Europe, is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Black Prince of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Divorce of Henry VIII. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is a professor of history at Manchester Metropolitan University and broadcasts regularly for the BBC. Her impeccably researched and entertaining books have been featured with laudatory review coverage in both America and Britain. Catherine lives in Manchester, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978272407853,"sku":"9781639367603","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/rKbM78bRES9781639367603.webp?v=1775801385","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-roads-to-rome-a-history-of-imperial-expansion-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}