The roads to Rome : a journey into Europe's past
Fletcher, Catherine, 1975-2025
Book
'All roads lead to Rome.' 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. Over 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. As channels of trade and travel, and routes for conquest and creativity, Catherine Fletcher shows how the roads forever transformed the cultures, and intertwined the fates, of a vast panoply of people across Europe and beyond.
Main title:
The roads to Rome : a journey into Europe's past / Catherine Fletcher.
Author:
Fletcher, Catherine, 1975-, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2025.
Collation:
viii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2024.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529932690 (pbk)
Dewey class:
388.1094388.1094 FLE
Language:
English
BRN:
3993353