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Author |
: Matthew Leigh |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 378 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0198150679 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780198150671 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lucan by : Matthew Leigh
The Pharsalia, Lucan's epic on the civil wars between Caesar and Pompey, is a document of fundamental importance for students of the history and literature of Rome in the early imperial period. For historians concerned with the defence of Republican traditions under the emperors as much as for literary critics mapping the transformation of epic in the wake of Vergil, it is impossible to ignore this poem.
Author |
: Susan Kearney |
Publisher |
: Forever |
Total Pages |
: 222 |
Release |
: 2009-09-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780446558204 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0446558206 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lucan by : Susan Kearney
THEIR LOVE IS FORBIDDEN Healer and high priestess of her people, Lady Cael is fated to life without a mate. But a mysterious explorer named Lucan Rourke doesn't know her secrets, and his touch makes her crave a future that her extraordinary birthright has forbidden her. . . BUT DANGER IS NO MATCH FOR DESIRE Lucan has just one mission on Pendragon: to find the mythical Holy Grail, Earth's only hope for survival. His powerful attraction to Cael is a distraction he can't afford, unless he convinces her to join forces with him. Yet working so closely together only heightens their passion . . . even when the terrifying truth of Cael's heritage threatens to shatter Lucan's every belief-and the galaxy itself.
Author |
: Laura Thompson |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 595 |
Release |
: 2018-02-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781788545143 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1788545141 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Different Class of Murder by : Laura Thompson
'Sensational. The most minutely researched and brilliantly told account ever' MAIL ON SUNDAY. Laura Thompson re-examines the truths behind one of post-war Britain's most notorious murders: the bludgeoning to death of nanny Sandra Rivett in a Belgravia basement on 7 November 1974. Lord Lucan, found guilty of the murder, was only granted a death certificate in 2016. His wife Veronica – last surviving participant in this dark episode – died in September 2017. In this revised edition, Laura Thompson sheds new light on the volatile mental state of Veronica Lucan, and on the theories surrounding the murder, to which she adds a new, extraordinary and shocking possibility.
Author |
: VERONICA. LUCAN |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 191427718X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781914277184 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (8X Downloads) |
Synopsis MOMENT IN TIME. by : VERONICA. LUCAN
Author |
: Lucan |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 498 |
Release |
: 2012-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101575000 |
ISBN-13 |
: 110157500X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil War by : Lucan
A magnificent new translation of the enduring epic about the sundering of the Roman Republic. Lucan lived from 39-65 AD at a time of great turbulence in Rome. His Civil War portrays two of the most colorful and powerful figures of the age-Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, enemies in a vicious struggle for power that severed bloodlines and began the transformation of Roman civilization. With Right locked in combat with Might, law and order broke down and the anarchic violence that resulted left its mark on the Roman people forever, paving the way for the imperial monarchy. Accessible and modern yet loyal to the rhetorical brilliance of the original, this will be the definitive Civil War of our times. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author |
: Paul Roche |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 349 |
Release |
: 2021-09-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806178578 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806178574 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reading Lucan's Civil War by : Paul Roche
Born in 39 C.E., the Roman poet Lucan lived during the turbulent reign of the emperor Nero. Prior to his death in 65 C.E., Lucan wrote prolifically, yet beyond some fragments, only his epic poem, the Civil War, has survived. Acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest literary achievements of the Roman Empire, the Civil War is a stirring account of the war between Julius Caesar and the forces of the republican senate led by Pompey the Great. Reading Lucan’s Civil War is the first comprehensive guide to this important poem. Accessible to all readers, it is especially well suited for students encountering the work for the first time. As the editor, Paul Roche, explains in his introduction, the Civil War (alternatively known in Latin as Bellum Civile, De Bello Civili, or Pharsalia) is most likely an unfinished work. Roche places the poem in historical and literary contexts that will be helpful to first-time readers. The volume presents, chapter-by-chapter, essays that cover each of the Civil War’s ten extant books. Five further chapters address topics and issues pertaining to the entire work, including religion and ritual, philosophy, gender dynamics, and Lucan’s relationships to Vergil and Julius Caesar. The contributors to this volume are all expert scholars who have published widely on Lucan’s work and Roman imperial literature. Their essays provide readers with a detailed understanding of and appreciation for the poem’s unique features. The contributors take special care to include translations of all original Latin passages and explain unfamiliar Latin and Greek terms. The volume is enhanced by a map of Lucan’s Roman world and a glossary of key terms.
Author |
: William Coles |
Publisher |
: Legend Press Ltd |
Total Pages |
: 207 |
Release |
: 2009-11-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781907461118 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1907461116 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lord Lucan by : William Coles
The British Lord who became a legendary fugitive tells his story of murder and escape in this fictionalized account of the infamous scandal. On November 7th, 1974, a murder plot goes disastrously wrong. John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, had intended to do away with his wife. Instead, it is their nanny, Sandra Rivett, who lies dead in the basement of their London home. The following day, Lord Lucan disappeared. And despite a global hunt, he was never seen again. Bingham had once been the most charismatic members of the British peerage. A frequent gambler, he was known as Lucky Lord Lucan—even though his losses often exceeded his winnings. Since his disappearance, he has become a legend of a very different sort. Here, in his own hand, is Lord Lucan’s confession to his grizzly crimes, and the story of his mysterious life. It is a strange tale of an Old Etonian Earl on the run; of how a man became a murderer; and how a life-long friendship soured into an enduring hate. Here, for the first time, is the full monstrous account of the life of Lord Lucan.
Author |
: Paul Roche |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2019-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108585606 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108585604 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lucan: De Bello Ciuili Book VII by : Paul Roche
Book VII of Lucan's De Bello Ciuili recounts the decisive victory of Julius Caesar over Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus on 9 August 48 BCE. Uniquely within Lucan's epic, the entire book is devoted to one event, as the narrator struggles to convey the full horror and significance of Romans fighting against Romans and of the republican defeat. Book VII shows both De Bello Ciuili and its impassioned, partisan narrator at their idiosyncratic best. Lucan's account of Pharsalus well illustrates his poem's macabre aesthetic, his commitment to paradox and hyperbole, and his highly rhetorical presentation of events. This is the first English commentary on this important book for more than half a century. It provides extensive help with Lucan's Latin, and seeks to orientate students and scholars to the most important issues, themes and aspects of this brilliant poem.
Author |
: Lucan |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 444 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 046087571X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780460875714 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Civil War by : Lucan
The only surviving work of the Roman poet Lucan and 1 of the supreme achievements of Augustan verse. Lucan was a Roman poet of Spanish origin, the nephew of Seneca. The only 1 of his works to have survived is a sweeping historical epic about the civil wars between Pompey and Caesar, written in 10 books, which both Shelley and Macauley admired.
Author |
: Laura Zientek |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 267 |
Release |
: 2020-02-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781350097438 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1350097438 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lucan's Imperial World by : Laura Zientek
These new essays comprise the first collective study of Lucan and his epic poem that focuses specifically on points of contact between his text and the cultural, literary, and historical environments in which he lived and wrote. The Bellum Civile, Lucan's poetic narrative of the monumental civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey Magnus, explores the violent foundations of the Roman principate and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The poem, composed more than a century later during the reign of Nero, thus recalls the past while being very much a product of its time. This volume offers innovative readings that seek to interpret Lucan's epic in terms of the contemporary politics, philosophy, literature, rhetoric, geography, and cultural memory of the author's lifetime. In doing so, these studies illuminate how approaching Lucan and his text in light of their contemporary environments enriches our understanding of author, text, and context individually and in conversation with each other.