
The Missing Thread
A Women's History of the Ancient World
Daisy Dunn(Author)
Viking (Publisher)
Published on 30. July 2024
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-0-593-29966-1 (ISBN)
Description
"Around four thousand years ago, the mysterious Minoans sculpted statues of topless women with snakes slithering on their arms. Over one thousand years later, Sappho wrote great poems of longing and desire. For classicist Daisy Dunn, these women -- whether they were simply sitting at their looms at home or participating in the highest echelons of power -- were up to something much more interesting than other histories would lead us to believe. Together, these women helped to make antiquity as we know it."--Publisher's description.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1-16PP 4C PHOTO INSERT; 4 MAPS 2 FAMILY TREES
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-593-29966-1 (9780593299661)
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Person
Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and the author of The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny, Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet and The Poems of Catullus: A New Translation. She read Classics at Oxford before receiving an MA in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute and her PhD from UCL. She lives in London, England. Her website is www.daisydunn.co.uk.