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The digital version of the book can be found in the Reading Room of the Racconigi Castle

The Comic History of Rome

Author:

Gilbert A. A'Beckett - Illustrazioni di John Leech

A novel about the history of Rome from its foundation to the Ides of March, Julius Caesar’s assassination day. John Leech, the well-known caricature drawer, illustrated the volume. The ancient Romans are depicted as Victorian characters, with togas and top hats. It is an interesting and funny fusion between past and present. Through the drawings, it tells the most important episodes and characters of the ancient and glorious history of Rome, as they were happening in London in the 1800s.

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