{"product_id":"the-rome-we-have-lost-hardcover","title":"The Rome We Have Lost - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Pemble\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a thousand years, Rome was enshrined in myth and legend as the Eternal City. No Grand Tour would be complete without a visit to its ruins. But from 1870 all that changed. A millennium ended as its solitary moonlit ruins became floodlit monuments on traffic islands, and its perimeter shifted from the ancient nineteen-kilometre wall with twelve gates to a fifty-kilometre ring road with thirty-three roundabouts and spaghetti junctions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Rome We Have Lost\u003c\/em\u003e is the first full investigation of this change. John Pemble musters popes, emperors, writers, exiles, and tourists, to weave a rich fabric of Roman experience. He tells the story of how, why, and with what consequences that Rome, centre of Europe and the world, became a national capital: no longer central and unique, but marginal and very similar in its problems and its solutions to other modern cities with a heavy burden of 'heritage'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis far-reaching book illuminates the historical significance of Rome's transformation and the crisis that Europe is now confronting as it struggles to re-invent without its ancestral centre -- the city that had made Europe what it was, and defined what it meant to be European.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Pemble\u003c\/strong\u003e has been attached to the University of Bristol since 1977, where he is currently Senior Research Fellow. He has published a wide range of books and articles, including \u003cem\u003eShakespeare Goes to Paris\u003c\/em\u003e (Continnuum, 2005), \u003cem\u003eBritain's Gurkha War\u003c\/em\u003e (Frontline Books, 2008), and \u003cem\u003eThe Mediterranean Passion\u003c\/em\u003e (Faber and Faber, 2009). He has written for \u003cem\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, and is a regular contributor to the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972676354355,"sku":"9780198803966","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/H3vnlazuw89780198803966.webp?v=1794430618","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-rome-we-have-lost-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}