2006, ISBN: 9780141021416

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Oxford World's Classics. lvi, 507 p.p., [13 p.p. ads]. Paperback. Light rubbing to edges, long red scuff to rear cover… More...

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Oxford World's Classics. lvi, 507 p.p., [13 p.p. ads]. Paperback. Light rubbing to edges, long red scuff to rear cover, pages lightly tanned. This is the first anthology to gather British imperial writing alongside native and settler literature in English. Interweaving stories, poems, essays, travel writing, and memoirs from the phase of British expansionist imperialism known as high empire. Drawn from India, Africa, the West Indes, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, and Britain, this wide-ranging selection embraces some of empire's key symbols and emblematic moments as well as challenging accepted categories and definitions. Includes an introduction, textual notes, bibliographies, a chronology of key events, explanatory notes, and author biographies., Oxford University Press, 1998, 4, London, England: Oxford University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [xv], 299pp w index. 151 indexed illustrations including frontispiece bw photo plate. Standard university library markings. Red-orange cloth w gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Illustrated DJ clean and w/out wear, not price-clipped, in Brodart cover. Condition indicates this book saw very limited circulation. "This survey shows how the foundations of human life were laid; it traces the growing complexity of society in the ancient world; it studies urban development and technology, the keeping of records, the growth of states and empires, religious and scientific ideas and the expansion of communication and trade, taken to about A.D. 1000., Oxford University Press, 1966, 4, London England: Penguin. Near Fine. 2006. Reprint. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0141021411 Paperback Softcover Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to Ancient civilization. The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us with their inventions, whether philosophy, politics, theatre, athletics, celebrity, science or the pleasures of horse racing. Robin Lane Fox's spellbinding history, spans almost a thousand years of change from the foundation of the world's first democracy in Athens to the Roman Republic and the Empire under Hadrian. Bringing great figures such as Homer, Socrates, Cicero, Alexander, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Augustus and the first Christian martyrs to life, exploring freedom, justice and luxury, this wonderfully exciting tour brings the turbulent histories of Greece and Rome together in a masterly study. 'Epic in the true sense' The Times Books of the Year 'He writes supremely well ... a keen eye for the telling detail and powerful example ... the humanity of the exercise shines through ... compulsory, and compulsive, reading' Peter Jones, Sunday Telegraph Robin Lane Fox is a Fellow of New College, Oxford, and a University Reader in Ancient History. His other books include Alexander the Great, Pagans and Christians and The Unauthorized Version. He was historical advisor to Oliver Stone on the making of Stone's film Alexander, for which he waived all his fees on condition that he could take part in the cavalry charge against elephants which Stone staged in the Moroccan desert. ., Penguin, 2006, 4<