{"product_id":"julia-domna-barbara-levick-9780415331432","title":"Julia Domna: Syrian Empress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book covers Julia's life, and charts her travels throughout the Empire from Aswan to York during a period of profound upheaval, and seeks the truth about this woman who inspired such extreme and contrasting views, exposing the instability of our sources about her, and characterizing a sympathetic, courageous, intelligent, and important woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains a fresh re-assessment of the one of the most significant figures of her time and questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Was Julia more powerful than earlier empresses? \u003cbr\u003e- Did she really promote despotism? \u003cbr\u003e- How seriously is her literary circle to be taken? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs part of a dynasty which used force and violence to preserve its rule, she was distrusted by its subjects; as a Syrian, she was the object of prejudice; as a woman with power, she was resented. On the other hand, Domna was the centre of a literary circle considered highly significant by nineteenth-century admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Levick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415331439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415331432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.36w x 0.82d","brand":"Barbara Levick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136073052415,"sku":"9780415331432","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ce72bdd-3fbb-4f68-aa29-ac96a4ee7969.jpg?v=1770160330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/julia-domna-barbara-levick-9780415331432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}