Tom Dailey answers “Two questions: 1) does this book read like...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome:

Two questions: 1) does this book read like a textbook? And 2) how unbiased is it? Eurocentric? AntiEurocentric? I want neither.

Tom Dailey A lot of scholarship, but her books never read like textbooks. Not at all. Not sure what Eurocentric means, but she always has an iconoclastic, debunk…moreA lot of scholarship, but her books never read like textbooks. Not at all. Not sure what Eurocentric means, but she always has an iconoclastic, debunking popular held beliefs perspective. If you want to know more about the author, her book on Pompeii is smaller in scope and she co-wrote 2 short, really great travel books -- one on the Parthenon and one on the Coliseum. (less)

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