Waterstones Lincoln is proud to present an evening with award-winning historian Tom Holland!
We'll be hosting Tom at the fabulous Lincoln Museum in the centre of Lincoln for the release of his third Roman history epic, Pax. Doors will be open from 6pm, with refreshments available to purchase from the Lincoln Museum café. The event will begin at 6:30pm followed by an audience Q&A, and Tom will be signing his books in the atrium after the event.
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The third in the epic trilogy narrating the history of the Roman Empire from renowned historian Tom Holland. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogee of the pax Romana. It provides a portrait of the ancient world's ultimate superpower at war and at peace; from the gilded capital to the barbarous realms beyond the frontier; from emperors to slaves.
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Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, biographer and broadcaster. In 2007, he was the winner of the Classical Association prize, awarded to ‘the individual who has done most to promote the study of the language, literature and civilisation of Ancient Greece and Rome’. Holland is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Making History. He has written and presented a number of TV documentaries, for the BBC and Channel 4, on subjects ranging from ISIS to dinosaurs. Pax is his ninth historical non-fiction publication.
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Tuesday 26th September | 18:30 (Doors at 18:00) | Lincoln Museum
Ticket Only - £8 | Book (RRP £30) and Ticket - £34
Society Discount available for members of the Classical Association, Historical Association, and the University of Lincoln Classics Society with proof of membership at the event:
Society Ticket Only - £5 | Society Book (RRP £30) and Ticket - £30
The event will be hosted at the Lincoln Museum (formerly The Collection), which is a fully accessible venue with a café that will be open to serve refreshments prior to the event.
You can find the Lincoln Museum on Danes Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 1LP.
The nearest car park to the Lincoln Museum is Flaxengate Car Park (Danes Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 1JX), but it has a small capacity. With a five minute walk there is also the multi-storey Broadgate Car Park (Saint Rumbold's Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AP).
Book now online, in-store, or contact us at
[email protected] or on 01522540011 for more information.
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Praise for Tom Holland:
'Holland has the rare gift of making deep scholarship accessible and exciting. A brilliant and completely absorbing study.'
-- A.N Wilson, author of The Victorians
The only way to kindle the interest of a new generation in the Greek and Roman world... Holland paints a vivid social portrait of the Roman World.'
-- Max Hastings, author of Abyss
'This is the best one-volume narrative history of the Rome between King Tarquin and Emperor Augustus I have ever read. The story of Rome's experiment with republicanism – peopled by such giants as Caesar, Pompey, Cato and Cicero – is told with perfect freshness, fine wit and true scholarship.'
-- Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill
Further details: 01522 540011
