Christopher B. Krebs

A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"In every way, A Most Dangerous Book is a most brilliant achievement." Michael Dirda, Washington Post

When the Roman historian Tacitus wrote the Germania, a none-too-flattering little book about the ancient Germans, he could not have foreseen that centuries later the Nazis would extol it as a bible and vow to resurrect Germany on its grounds. But the Germania inspiredand polarizedreaders long before the rise of the Third Reich. In this captivating history, Christopher B. Krebs, a professor of classics at Stanford University, traces the wide-ranging influence of the Germania, revealing how an ancient text rose to take its place among the most dangerous books in the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393062960
• Artikelnr.: 59591946

Autorenporträt

Christopher B. Krebs, a classics professor at Harvard University, has published widely on the Roman historians and their afterlives. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.