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T�tulo: S.P.Q.R., A History of Ancient Rome
Editor: Liveright, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York & London
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2015
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0871404230
ISBN 13: 9780871404237
Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover
Edici�n: Stated First Edition
Impresi�n: 1st Printing
Estado: New
Estado de la sobrecubierta: New
Peso: 1,72 kilogramos

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Mary Beard is the author of the best-selling The Fires of Vesuvius and the National Book Critics Circle Award-nominated Confronting the Classics and SPQR. A popular blogger and television personality, Beard is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. She lives in England.

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