Book Launch: Talking Classics with Mary Beard

In honor of her newest book, Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old, join us for a conversation between Mary Beard, distinguished classicist,

+ I want to hear more about your projects. + Wales Book of the Year. In her captivating new book Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old, Mary Beard shows how the distant past continues to surprise, provoke, and reshape the way we see the world today. This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the “rock star scholar of Ancient Rome” as she brings her newest book to life. Whether you’re a long-time classics lover or simply curious about the world’s oldest stories, this promises to be an illuminating and entertaining evening. Book your ticket now for an event that will change the way you see the ancient world, and perhaps the modern one too. Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge, Classics editor of the TLS, and co-host of the Instant Classics podcast, she is the bestselling author of SPQR, Pompeii, Women & Power and Emperor of Rome.

In Talking Classics, Mary Beard points to the surprising connections between antiquity and the present. From revolutionaries to dictators, Bob