{"product_id":"the-roads-to-rome-fletcher-catherine","title":"The Roads To Rome - Fletcher, Catherine","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs4639DCB{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:italic;Calibri;} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs75B323B{11pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003ca id=\"_dx_frag_StartFragment\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs75B323B\"\u003eBrimming with life and drama, this is a magnificent journey into two thousand years of history, from the acclaimed and beloved historian of Europe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs4639DCB\"\u003e'All roads lead to Rome.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e' It's a medieval proverb, but it's also true- today's European roads still follow the networks of the ancient empire, stitching together our histories and continuing to inspire our imaginations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the two thousand years since they were first built, the roads have been walked by crusaders and pilgrims, liberators and dictators, but also by tourists and writers, refugees and artists. Catherine Fletcher shows how the roads - as channels of trade and travel, routes of conquest and creativity - forever transformed the cultures, and intertwined the fates, of a vast panoply of people across Europe and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs4639DCB\"\u003eThe Roads to Rome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a magnificent journey into a past that remains intimately connected to our present. Travelling from Scotland to Cadiz, from Istanbul to Rome, we meander and march through a series of nations and empires that have risen and fallen. Along the way, we encounter spies and bandits, scheming innkeepers, a Byzantine noblewoman on the run, young aristocrats on their Grand Tour, a conquering Napoleon, Keats and the Shelleys, the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and even Mussolini on his motorbike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflecting 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 outstanding original research, and brimming with life and drama, this is the first book to explore two thousand years of history through one of the greatest imperial networks ever built.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Kangaroo Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43910567329880,"sku":"9781529932690","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/8343\/1000\/files\/9781529932690_1.jpg?v=1774422764","url":"https:\/\/redkangaroobooks.au\/products\/the-roads-to-rome-fletcher-catherine","provider":"Red Kangaroo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}