Loading images...
Lays of Ancient Rome with Ivry and The Armada, by Lord Macauley
€35.00
Quay Books
“And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods?"
Published in 1842, Lays of Ancient Rome contains four narrative poems which Thomas Babington Macaulay hoped would resemble those that might have been sung in Rome in ancient times. Each is preceded by a brief introduction, explaining the legend on which they are based.
The best-known is the tale of Horatius bravely holding the bridge over the Tiber. The other poems tell of The Battle of Lake Regillus, an early Roman victory over the Latin League; the tragedy of Virginia, the daughter a poor farmer and The Prophecy of Capys, concerning Romulus and Remus.
Two ‘modern’ poems are included: Ivry (about the Huguenots) and The Armada (The Spanish Armada).
The book is over 150 years old, published by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1867 and printed by Spottiswoode. Established in the 1700s, Spottiswoode was the London-based printing firm that was the printer to the King. The book is indeed beautifully printed. There is a timeless feel about holding the copy in your hand
A very clean copy.
More from Quay Books Browse Quay Books All
Gala Performance, edited by Arnold Haskell, Mark Bonham Carter and Michael Wood with a Foreword by H.R.H. The Princess Margaret
€10.00
Pinch of Nom: 100 Home-Style Recipes for Health and Weight Loss, by Kate Allinson & Kay Featherstone
€10.00
€33.00
69% off
How the World Works: Chemistry, by Anne Rooney
€6.00
€12.00
50% off
The Brave Beast, by Chris Judge
€4.00
€9.00
55% off
Crochet a farm, by Megan Kreiner
€7.00
€14.00
50% off
The Ladies’ Companion: At Home and Abroad, 1849 to 1850, edited by Jane Webb Loudon
€25.00
When I Was a Child, by Andy Stanton , Illustrated by David Litchfield
€4.00
€8.35
52% off
Red Bones, by Ann Cleeves
€4.00
€12.00
66% off