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What once seemed certain is now an open question

Mary Beard

  • The Dons by Noel Annan
  • A Man of Contradictions: A Life of A.L.Rowse by Richard Ollard

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Mary Beard is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge and classics editor of the TLS. Her books include a Life of Jane Ellen Harrison and The Parthenon.

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