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This is Rome: 04/19/20
This is Rome by Miroslav Sasek is third in the This is... series. This time the tour is of Rome, in late 1950s. The version I read was the 2007 reprint. Interestingly, this book has had the least number of footnotes, showing that whether it's a millennium or a few decades, Rome doesn't change much. Sasek noticed that too, and in his text and illustrations, he compares ancient Rome to modern (well, 1950s) Rome. He will show a historic statue or building and draw a parallel to a modern equivalent.
The next in the series is This is New York (1960) Five stars Comments (0) |