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Books recommended by Mary Beard
English classicist (born 1955)
English classicist (born 1955). Their picks here come from a Five Books interview, on Ancient History in Modern Life.
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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything Mary Beard has read or praised. How we choose.
Recommendations
Books Mary Beard recommends
5 books from 1 source. Each one links to the place where Mary recommended it.
The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life
Five Books interview in which Mary Beard chooses and discusses five books.
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The Greeks and the Irrational
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2009 Five Books interview “The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life”.
The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Annals
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2009 Five Books interview “The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life”.
The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life Interviewfivebooks.com
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The Last Days of Pompeii
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2009 Five Books interview “The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life”.
The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life Interviewfivebooks.com
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Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2009 Five Books interview “The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life”.
The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life Interviewfivebooks.com
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Purity and Danger
Explicit recommendationOne of five picks in the 2009 Five Books interview “The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life”.
Listed in the source as “Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo”.
The best books on Ancient History in Modern Life Interviewfivebooks.com
Written by Mary Beard
Books Mary Beard wrote
Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.
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