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Apocalypse: The Great Jewish Revolt Against Rome by: Neil Faulkner List Price: £12.99 City Travel Guides Price: £9.09 You Save: £3.90 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 909 EAN: 9780752425733 ISBN: 0752425730 Label: NPI Media Group Manufacturer: NPI Media Group Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: 2004-01 Publisher: NPI Media Group Studio: NPI Media Group Sales Rank: 197433 Related Items:
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 Rating: - Outstanding bookFaulkner's book is a fine account of the era and the revolt. Thanks largely to his rigourous materialist approach to the evidence. What is particularly impressive is the well-judged comparisons with modern history. Best of all is the astonishing account of the retreat of the Roman legions from Jerusalem. Faulkner imaginatively recreates every step of the retreat and what it would have been like. Frankly, it's far more exciting than most historical novelists can produce. That's the kind of writing that Simon Scarrow might well be very jealous of! Rating: - excellent read clear, concise well written and well researched. The subject is not one thats been done to death (please no more books on the temple of solomon!) and it not only informs but its a REALLY good read as well. Worth every penny. Rating: - Excellent overall account of the Jewish revolt against RomeThe Roman Empire is a subject upon which hundreds, probably many thousands, of books have been written. Many glorify the achievements of the Emperors, the victorious campaigns, the immense wealth and power Rome held. Neil Faulkner's forte is the view from beneath, the situation faced in the provinces, the struggle for survival under the massive weight of Roman oppression. In another book Faulkner gives an overview of Roman occupation and 'civilization' of Britain grandiously named 'The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain'. This book is a more focused account, stretching a mere 7 years, charting the rise of Palestine in revolt against Rome AD67-73. For the most part this is a chronological narrative of the revolt beginning with the build ... Read More: |
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