{"product_id":"the-rome-plague-diaries-matthew-kneale-9781838953034","title":"The Rome Plague Diaries: Lockdown Life in the Eternal City","description":"\u003cb\u003eA warm and affectionate portrait of a city and a people under lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRome: A History in Seven Sackings\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the first morning of Rome's Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was happening and what it felt like, and sent it to everyone he could think of. He was soon composing daily reports as he tried to comprehend a period of time, when everyone's lives suddenly changed and Italy struggled against an epidemic, that was so strange, so troubling and so fascinating that he found it impossible to think about anything else. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e lived in Rome for eighteen years, Matthew has grown to know the capital and its citizens well and this collection of brilliant diary pieces connects what he has learned about the city with this extraordinary, anxious moment, revealing the Romans through the intense prism of the coronavirus crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Kneale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1838953035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838953034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Books (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Matthew Kneale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981882523903,"sku":"9781838953034","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17e5b061-ac07-430a-9bd8-632f9b17f00f.jpg?v=1683258059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rome-plague-diaries-matthew-kneale-9781838953034","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}