Let's make Sebs happy David, and call it:
THE COMPLETE POMPEII by Joanne Berry
Thames & Hudson £24.95
The New York Times list of 100 Notable Books of 2007 is also out. In the way of books on the ancient world it includes:
HOW TO READ THE BIBLE: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now. By James L. Kugel. (Free Press, $35.)
and
PORTRAIT OF A PRIESTESS: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece. By Joan Breton Connelly. (Princeton University, $39.50.)
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I'm delighted that Connelly's Portrait of a Priestess has been named. There was quite a stir in the letter columns of the TLS after James (Courtesans & Fishcakes) Davidson's patronizing review of this book in October.
The letter I liked best began: "Sir, Your magnificent review of Joan Breton Connelly's magisterial Portrait of a Priestess was as entertaining as it was mistitled ["Women of Ancient Athens"]; the reviewer clearly worships at a different altar."
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