Description: Erudition, with an erotic frisson ... In this lively, wide-ranging book, Hughes paints a portrait of a darker Venus, a violent, vengeful "shape-shifting" Venus, with salt in her hair and surf at her feet -- Laura Freeman THE TIMESAn intriguing tale that tracks the gorgeous and omnipresent Venus of western civilisation back 6,000 years ... engrossing -- Charlotte Hobson THE SPECTATORA marvellous biography of a goddess that delves beneath her passive modern image ... Hughes's account of Aphrodite's early evolution forms the most fascinating sections of this superb book -- Catherine Nixey BBC HISTORY MAGAZINEExplore the mythological Goddess of Love with this stunning book by historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes. She looks at the origins, archaeological revelations and philosophical implications of the woman known to the Romans as Venus, and to the Greeks as Aphrodite WOMAN & HOME A vivid history of the ancient goddess Venus by the bestselling historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. She is the author of HELEN OF TROY: GODDESS, PRINCESS, WHORE; THE HEMLOCK CUP: SOCRATES, ATHENS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE GOOD LIFE and the Sunday Times bestseller ISTANBUL: A TALE OF THREE CITIES. Hughes has made a number of factual films and documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, The History Channel and ABC, and is a co-founder of the internationally focussed production house SandStone Global. She is a Research Fellow of King's College London and has been honoured with numerous awards including the Norton Medlicott Medal for History.
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Book Title: Venus and Aphrodite
Topic: Venus and Aphrodite
Item Height: 196mm
Item Width: 128mm
Author: Bettany Hughes
Publication Name: Venus and Aphrodite
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 240g
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
