- Published: 2 August 2010
- ISBN: 9781845950033
- Imprint: Pimlico
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 688
- RRP: $42.99
The Empire Stops Here
A Journey along the Frontiers of the Roman World















- Published: 2 August 2010
- ISBN: 9781845950033
- Imprint: Pimlico
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 688
- RRP: $42.99
The Empire Stops Here is not only a history. It is also an engaging modern travelogue...an unexpectedly universal legacy of the empire.
Mary Beard
The book promotes itself as a 'groundbreaking mixture of travel and history' and Parker writes with confident fluency about both... Any lover of history will find something in it to fascinate them. Every page contains some gem of a fact that the author has lovingly unearthed. The patience, effort and research that have gone into The Empire Stops Here are awe-inspiring.
Douglas Jackson, Scotsman
Intriguing... with this extraordinary book, [Parker] has raised a monument all of his own.
Tom Holland, Guardian
A sweeping journey around the Roman world that sticks almost entirely to the good stuff'.
Brian Scholfield, Sunday Times
A great vade mecum for classically minded holidaymakers willing to venture off the beaten track
The Guardian Saturday Review, SUMMER READS
I couldn't stop reading
Tom Adair, The Scotsman
Gives the readers a lucid account of the Empire's expansion
Contemporary Review
Parker has the tone of a dream Latin teacher, disciplined and wry, and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the classical world
Vera Rule, Guardian
Magnificent... the book is studded with astonishing facts
Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday