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No city on earth has preserved its past as has Rome Visitors stand on bridges that were crossed by Julius Caesar and Cicero, walk around temples visited by Roman emperors, and step into churches that have hardly changed since popes celebrated mass in them sixteen centuries ago.These architectural survivals are all the remarkable considering the violent disasters that have struck the city Afflicted by earthquakes, floods, fires and plagues, it has most of all been repeatedly ravaged by roving armies Rome A History in Seven Sackings examines the most important of these attacks and reveals, with fascinating insight, how they transformed the city and not always for the worse From the Gauls to the Nazis, Kneale vividly recounts those threatening the city, while drawing an intense and vibrant portrait of the city and its inhabitants, both before and after being attacked In these troubled times when our cities can seem fragile, Rome s history offers a picture that is both shocking and also reassuring Like the Neapolitans from Norman Lewis s Naples 44, Romans have repeatedly shrugged off catastrophes and made their city anew.A meticulously researched, magical and novel blend of travelogue, social and cultural history, Rome A History in Seven Sackings is part celebration of the fierce courage, panache and vitality of the Roman people, and part passionate love letter to Rome This is a popular history of the famous, incomparable city like no other. Best Download Kindle ePUB Rome author Matthew Kneale – kino-fada.fr I m so glad to have read this book, it was an amazing chronicle of all the historical centuries the city of Rome has gone through, in it you will find a little about Gauls, Murderous emperors, bloodthirsty barbarians, corrupt Popes, famous architects and artists , learn a little about the church schism and the birth of the Reformation, nazis and fascists In summary you will get a piece of history served up in just small bites that won t make you feel full but will satisfy you yeah I used a fo I m so glad to have read this book, it was an amazing chronicle of al...Constructed essentially as an anthology series of historical sackings, this is an ambitious attempt at writing the history of a city from its post Roman origins without just a simple chronological narration I think broadly speaking it works well and to Kneale s credit there is a lot of cross referencing and comparative analysis of the different periods particularly in terms of demographics, economics, technology, food and architecture all of which give a good sense of how we got to the presen Constructed essentially as an anthology series of historical sackings, this is an ambitious attempt at writing the history of a city from its post Roman origins without just a simple chronological narration I think broadly speaking it works well and to Kneale s credit there is a lot of cross referencing and comparative analysis of the different periods particularly in terms of demographics, economics, technology, food and architecture all of which give a good sense of how we got to the present day Some chapters areinteresting and factually relevant to Rome as it is today than others The sacking by Henry IV 1081 , by the French under General Oudinot 1848 and the Germans during WW2 after Italy had surrendered 1943 45 are the standouts and unlike most books covering these events, Kneale writes from a uniquely Roman perspective Useful for und...Review to follow.Author Matthew Kneale serves as a truly enthusiastic guide through the history of his adopted home city, Rome With three thousand years to take you through, he faces an important problem he needs to choose his battles he truly stands no hope of both telling the whole history and keeping your interest.So he chooses to take you on a history of sieges though sackings does sounddramatic Rome s been besieged manythan seven times, but that s OK, the idea is not to tell you about s Author Matthew Kneale serves as a truly enthusiastic guide through the history of his adopted home city, Rome With three thousand years to take you through, he faces an important problem he needs to choose his battles...Mathew Kneale is primarily a novelist and he uses his narrative skills to great effect when recounting the story of Rome from the attack on the Capitoline hill by Brennus and his Gauls, famously forestalled by the alarm cries of sacred geese, right up to the Nazi takeover after the flight of Mussolini Kneale carefully sets the scene for each of his vignettes, picking out the salient details to paint a vivid picture of Roman life before each invasion I was fascinated to discover, for instance, Mathew Kneale is primarily a novelist and he uses his narrative skills to great effect when recounting the story of Rome from the attack on the Capitoline hill by Brennus and his Gauls, famously forestalled by the alarm cries of sacred geese, right up to the Nazi takeover after the flight of Mussolini Kneale carefully sets the scene for each of his vignettes, picking out the salient details to paint a vivid picture of Roman life before each invasion I was fascinated to discover, for instance, that just before the invasion of Aleric, Rome had over three hundred public lavatories You would be hard put to find one these days A lot of this is familiar territory the excesses of popes, the ambition of emperors, the development of the pilgrimage industry, the glamour of Garibaldi but Kneale knits it all together adroitly, managing to create a coherent ...What a delightful reading experience The Eternal City as it is known has witnessed and withstood a lot in its glorious and not so glorious history The authors explores the history of major events through the history of major battles and what preceded those events The precedents are not only military, but historical, cultural, and religious This is what makes this book so informative The approach to the narrative structure is also quite original The author first mentions one of the proverbi What a delightful reading experience The Eternal City as it is known has witnessed and withstood a lot in its glorious and not so glorious history The authors explores the history of major events through the history of major battles and what preceded those events The precedents are not only military, but historical, cultural, and religious This is what makes this book so informative The approach to the narrative structure is also quite original The author first mention...Did not finish.Just couldn t get up the enthusiasm beyond about chapter 2.This book offers a great shorthand history of Rome Written in an anecdotal and narrative style it is not dry And if you like architecture, this will not disappoint.A book I read like it was a novel An interesting group of articles about the different sacks of Rome that is a history book and a telling of the city history.Very interesting and fascinating.Recommended.Many thanks to SimonSchuster and Edelweiss for this ARCThis work attempts to condense of the history of Rome into seven main sections, usually tied to when some foreign power or entity sacks the city, from the Gauls during the Republic to the Allies and Nazis fighting over the Eternal City in the latter stages of World War II From the seven main sackings , Kneale not only discusses the actual conquests, but offers context for what life in the city was like, the geo political, economic and social conditions It is a mix of academic history and in This work attempts to condense of the history of Rome into seven main sections, usually tied to when some foreign power or entity sacks the city, from the Gauls during the Republic to the Allies and Nazis fighting over the Eternal City in the latter stages of World War II From the seven main sackings , Kneale not only discusses the actual conquests, but offers context for what life in the city was like, the geo politi...

Rome
  • English
  • 08 July 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 418 pages
  • 1786492334
  • Matthew Kneale
  • Rome