The missing thread : a new history of the ancient world through the women who shaped it
Dunn, Daisy2024
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Spanning 3,000 years, from the birth of Minoan Crete to the death of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in Rome, a magisterial new history of the ancient world told, for the very first time, through women. For centuries, men have been writing histories of antiquity filled with warlords, emperors and kings. But when it comes to incorporating women aside from Cleopatra and Boudica, writers have been more comfortable describing mythical heroines than real ones. While Penelope and Helen of Troy live on in the imagination, their real-life counterparts have been relegated to the margins. In 'The Missing Thread', Daisy Dunn inverts this tradition and puts the women of history at the centre of the narrative.
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Author:
Dunn, Daisy, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024.
Collation:
464 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781474615617 (hbk)
Dewey class:
930.099930.099 DUN
Language:
English
BRN:
3773260
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