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Old 08-31-2020, 02:11 PM   #1931
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Originally Posted by maddz View Post
Professor Mary Beard's SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome is £1.09 in today's Amazon.co.uk Daily Deal:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SPQR-Histor...8844052&sr=1-3
An excellent book at an excellent price. The previous UK daily deal price was in February 2018 for £3.29 but at that time the everyday price at amazon.com price in the US was $5.57, which was even better. The US price has since almost doubled at over $10.

The illustrations are quite good by ebook standards and many are helped by screens over 6", the color plates are worth pulling out a tablet for viewing.

The x-ray file is riddled with errors, but information to fix over 300 of them with a script is documented in the thread containing the post https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...44&postcount=6

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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
I’m reading that right now. Most enjoyable.
It took me a chapter or so to get used to her style of presenting debunked earlier understandings as current over several pages, then revealing the revised understanding, or her own contrary interpretation. But once I caught on, the book became most enjoyable and informative.

It's a good thing you didn't read the amazon blurb, where it is declared an instant classic.
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