{"product_id":"9781846685361","title":"All in a Don's Day","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Beard, Mary \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 April 2012 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 200 x 19 | 206g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer central themes are the classics, universities and teaching - and  much else besides. In this second collection following on from the  success of It's a Don's Life, Beard ponders whether Gaddafi's  home is Roman or not, we share her 'terror of humiliation' as she enters  'hairdresser country' and follow her dilemma as she wanders through the  quandary of illegible handwriting on examination papers and 'longing  for the next dyslexic' - on whose paper the answers are typed, not  handwritten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for It's a Don's Life'Delightful...  it has the virtues of brevity, eclecticism and learning worn lightly...  if they'd had Mary Beard on their side back then, the Romans would  still have their empire' Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55490629075330,"sku":"9781846685361","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781846685361.jpg?v=1753731110","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9781846685361","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}