Naoíse Mac Sweeney is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna. She previously held posts at Cambridge and Leicester Universities, and has won numerous academic awards for her work on classical antiquity and myths both in the UK and the EU. Her previous book was shortlisted for major awards, and she has appeared on Thinking Allowed on BBC Radio 4 and was a reporter on BBC4's Digging for Britain TV series with Alice Roberts.
Prize-winning historian providing a radical, new account of how the idea of the west has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives, for fans of Sathnam Sanghera, Peter Frankopan and Edward Said
