SIGNED COPY Talking Classics : The Shock of the Old by , Professor Mary Beard

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SIGNED COPY Talking Classics : The Shock of the Old by , Professor Mary BeardAuthor: Beard, Professor Mary Ancient Greece Published on 16 April 2026 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Hardback 208 pages, integrated photographs illustrations 143 x 224 x 27 324g FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR OF ROME AND SPQR 'EastEnders for the 1st century AD Beard's enthusiastic sense of wonder remains undimmed' THE TIMES 'The rock star scholar of Ancient Rome' FINANCIAL TIMES 'The reigning Queen of Classics' SPECTATOR What's

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