Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny

2 Anmeldelser

4.5

Længde
8T 33M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Biografier

When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder’s notebooks―filled with pearls of wisdom―and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biography of the younger man, who would grow up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empire from the dire days of terror under Emperor Domitian to the gentler times of Emperor Trajan. A biography that will appeal to lovers of Mary Beard books, it is also a moving narrative about the profound influence of a father figure on his adopted son. Interweaving the younger Pliny’s Letters with extracts from the Elder’s Natural History, Daisy Dunn paints a vivid, compellingly readable portrait of two of antiquity’s greatest minds.

© 2020 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781094021218

Release date

Lydbog: 10. marts 2020

Andre kan også lide...

  1. The Invention of Jane Harrison Mary Beard
  2. In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny Daisy Dunn
  3. Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution Harlow Giles Unger
  4. Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance Joseph Luzzi
  5. Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet Daisy Dunn
  6. How To Teach Classics to Your Dog Philip Womack
  7. Mozart: The Reign of Love Jan Swafford
  8. Eminent Victorians Lytton Strachey
  9. A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry R. Howard Bloch
  10. The Tigress Of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici Elizabeth Lev
  11. Greece Against Rome: The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250–31 BC Philip Matyszak
  12. Justinian: The Emperor Who Built an Empire… and Doomed It: The Ambition, Triumphs, and Tragedies of Byzantium’s Greatest Emperor Phil J. Ponce
  13. The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting Ben Lewis
  14. Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany Jordan Goodman
  15. The Anglo-Saxons and Medieval England: An Enthralling Guide to the People, Culture, and Major Events Billy Wellman
  16. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini
  17. The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry Walter Pater
  18. The Etruscans and the First Romans: The History and Legacy of the Civilizations that Fought for Control of Italy Charles River Editors
  19. Passages from the Diary of Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys
  20. Sicily: Land of Love and Strife: A Filmmaker's Journey John Julius Norwich
  21. Edward II: The Unconventional King Kathryn Warner
  22. The Republic of Venice: The History of the Venetian Empire and Its Influence across the Mediterranean Charles River Editors
  23. Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past Richard Cohen
  24. City of Echoes: A New History of Rome, Its Popes, and Its People Jessica Wärnberg
  25. C.S. Lewis: A Biography of Friendship Colin Duriez
  26. Classical Mythology: The Basics 2nd Edition Richard Martin
  27. Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God Catherine Nixey
  28. Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English Voice David Teems
  29. The Moors in Spain Stanley Lane-Poole
  30. Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832 Antonia Fraser
  31. Lives of the Artists, Vol. 1 Giorgio Vasari
  32. Being Wagner: The Triumph of the Will Simon Callow
  33. The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason Charles Freeman
  34. The Gentry: Stories of the English Adam Nicolson
  35. The Arab Conquests Justin Marozzi
  36. To the Island of Tides Alistair Moffat
  37. How Dead Languages Work Coulter H. George
  38. Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Richard W. Unger
  39. Jules Verne: The Biography William Butcher

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet