Catherine Fletcher

Aug 6, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones |Catherine Fletcher |Roger Crowley |Tabitha Stanmore

Where I live, it’s now high summer. I’m always aware that my book choices reflect my personal interests, but that’s perhaps even more true than usual. These are books that have been published in the UK since April and I’ve gravitated towards reading over the holidays. Apologies in advance for all the excellent books I’ve missed out. One of my favourite places to be is the ancient world and judging from the number of books published about it, I’m not the only one.

Jun 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Catherine Fletcher

Mobility can feel like a modern marvel. We missed it during the pandemic. Now it’s back. Received opinion laments its effects: it exhausts our bodies and the planet. Being mobile still seems so cutting edge, though. Who in past ages could travel so far or so fast? Which generation of yore could see the world as we do? How many of the ancients truly understood the journey’s centrality to human experience? The past is less a foreign country than a road less travelled in such a line of thought.

May 22, 2024 | historytoday.com | Catherine Fletcher

Once Rome’s main artery south, for centuries the Via Appia has been taken as proof of Roman greatness. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive. Buy Online Access  Buy Print & Archive SubscriptionIf you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email [email protected] if you have any problems.

Mar 13, 2024 | penguin.co.uk | Catherine Fletcher

Skip to Content Brimming with life and drama, this is the first book to explore two thousand years of European history through one the greatest imperial networks ever built ‘erudite, entertaining and infinitely readable’ HELENA ATTLEE ‘a magical and informative ode’ MICHAEL SCOTT ‘a must-read for tourists and armchair travellers alike’ ROSS KING ‘an essential guide to the many hidden layers of history beneath our feet’ KELCEY WILSON-LEE 'All roads lead to Rome.' It's a medieval proverb, but...

Feb 20, 2024 | historytoday.com | Catherine Fletcher

Regular users of social media may be aware that the peach emoji is used to indicate not only the fruit in question but also the buttocks. This metaphor is not new. It was used in the middle of the 16th century by Francesco Berni, a Florentine poet, who assured his readers that the fruit was ‘good at the front and perfect from behind’. While drawing such modern parallels is tempting, it also presents dangers for the historian.