Robin Brooks is an actor and author living in England. He has written several plays for BBC Radio. This is his first book.
The Portland Vase, exquisitely made of blue and white glass and decorated with mythological figures, has long been renowned for its delicate beauty. Presently housed in the British Museum, it was believed to be discovered in the tomb of Roman emperor Severus Alexander. In The Portland Vase: The Extra-ordinary Odyssey of a Mysterious Roman Treasure (Perennial: HarperCollins. 2005. ISBN 9780-06-051100-5. pap. $13.95), Robin Brooks explores the controversies surrounding the meaning of the vase's decorative figures, as he traces the lives of its many former owners and the antiquarians who have studied it. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
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