Folio Society Published Works Number 2630
Lancel, Serge - Carthage A History
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Lancel, Serge - Carthage A History (Published in by The Folio Society in 2012. Introduced by Richard Miles. Translated by Antonia Nevill. Bound in buckram, blocked with a design by Neil Gower. Set in Dante. 432 pages. Frontispiece and 32 pages of colour and black & white plates. Book size: 10" × 6.75". A war that nearly destroyed the superpowers of the ancient world; commanders who performed heroic deeds and ordered terrible slaughter; a beautiful city burned to the ground, a plough driven over the ruins, and the land sown with salt … The story of the destruction of Carthage that has come down to the modern day is compelling, but it is only the coda to a glorious civilisation. Richard Miles, historian and author, has written an introduction to this edition in which he praises Lancel's 'elegant and understated prose … [which] conveys a real sense of excitement and discovery'. The text is beautifully complemented by a total of 48 pieces of newly drawn artwork and cartography as well as numerous photographs of stelae, masks, pottery and excavations that offer us a visual glimpse of this vibrant civilisation. )
