{"product_id":"talking-classics-the-shock-of-the-old","title":"Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Mary Beard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe world's most acclaimed classicist on whether and why the Classics still matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat's exciting about a piece of bread 4,000 years old? Or some pots of paint abandoned in the eruption at Pompeii? Why should we be bothered with the distant past anyway? What's the point?The life, art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome have something to offer everyone. They are not the property of wealthy white men only. They make us wonder how to make sense of people who lived long ago (from angry landlords to giggling senators) - and to think harder about our own world, to look at it differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Talking Classics, Mary Beard points to the surprising connections between antiquity and the present. Filled with lively stories, curious facts and some good gossip; Talking Classics explains why the deep past does really affect us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e208 pages. Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Profile Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44086696476737,"sku":"9781805220312","price":37.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/3179\/3984\/files\/Talking-Classics.jpg?v=1782452240","url":"https:\/\/qagoma.store\/products\/talking-classics-the-shock-of-the-old","provider":"QAGOMA Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}