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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Quennell, Peter, 1905-1993. Colosseum. New York, Newsweek [1971] (OCoLC)560061615 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Quennell; Newsweek, inc. Book Division. |
| ISBN: | 0882250000 9780882250007 |
| OCLC Number: | 130294 |
| Description: | 172 p. : ill. (part col.), ports. (part col.), col. facsims.; 30 cm. |
| Contents: | The story of the Colosseum / by Peter Quennell -- Roma Resurgens -- The bloody spectacle -- Pagan and Christian -- Twilight of the Eternal City -- Poets, popes and patriots -- The Romantic ruin -- While stands the Colosseum -- The Colosseum in literature. |
| Series Title: | Wonders of man. |
| Responsibility: | by Peter Quennell and the editors of the Newsweek Book Division. |
Abstract:
Selections from literary works inspired by the ruin and reproductions of works of art accompany an illustrated history of the vast monument. Bibliog.
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