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A compelling new translation of a vital account of Roman historyWith clarity and vivid intensity, Tacitus's Annals recounts the pivotal events in Roman history from the years shortly before the death...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion yearsTwenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United...

Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize, The Annals of Chile confirms Paul Muldoon's stature as one of the most talented poets of his generation. The heart of the book is the long poem "Yarrow," in which...

This book is a literary analysis of the language and style of Tacitus' Annals. The political context of first-second century AD Rome is also taken into consideration. In analysis of particular...

This book is the result of discoveries made by Nivison beginning in 1979, It uses critically (without superseding) his monographs from 1983 through 2002, combined with his discoveries through 2008...

Here is a lively new translation of Cornelius Tacitus' timeless history of three of Rome's most memorable emperors. Tacitus, who condemns the depravity of these rulers, which he saw as proof of the...

"A wonderful storyteller with a vibrant voice."--New York Times From the author of the cult classic Treasure Island!!!, a delightfully unhinged comedy following a woman as she attempts to exorcise...

Throughout his narrative of Julio-Claudian Rome in the Annals, Tacitus includes numerous references to the gods, fate, fortune, astrology, omens, temples, priests, the emperor cult, and other...

A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book of the YearIn 1746, Samuel Johnson undertook the Herculean task of writing the first comprehensive English dictionary. Imagining he could complete the job in three...

Contains an entire chapter on a bookshop which is set up in the weaving village of Cayenneville in the year 1790. With a number of tipped in color plates. xii , 283, 3 pages. cloth.. 8vo..

Recent years have seen a welcome growth of interest in the history of early Rome. Libri Annales Pontificum Maximorum: the Origins of the Annalistic Tradition contributes important information on this...

French Studies, European Literature

Text: English (translation)Original Language: Latin

Stevenson's 1906 edition of Asser's Life of King Alfred, comprising the Latin text and copious notes. An article by Dorothy Whitelock surveys the debate on the authenticity of the work.