Rome

by Vanessa James and Jonathan Stamp

Book Overview

Rome is the most lush, vibrant, and enveloping experience on television. Equal parts love, betrayal, lust, and battle, the hit HBO series tells of the eternal quest for power, from Caesar crossing the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595910425
• ISBN13: 9781595910424
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.2" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 18 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 12

Customer Reviews

Rome - extraordinary!

Rom, the late-lamented HBO series, is now a magnificent coffee table book - the volume is extremely detailed-driven, liberally illustrated with artwork, conceptional drawings and glorious photographs. Every aspect of the show, the actors, the sets, etc., is covered with a keen eye for detail. There is a very good episode guide at the end of the book, and the biographies of the characters are super. Cancelling Rome has got to be one of the greatest blunders of HBO (not to mention their unceremonious dumping of Carnivale and Deadwood) - the fact that these three superb series were eliminated while the tripe of The Sopranos droned on, is beyond comprehension. Every ingredient that made Rome extraordinary viewing is beautifully captured and preserved in this book. We highly recommend this book, and of course, the DVDs of both seasons.

Visual resource!

I loved the TV series (sadly no longer running) and impressed with the historical content (commentary) on the DVD which was prepared by the BBC historical consultant who has also put this book together. Its full of the same historical information but also inside information about the production of the TV series which is an artistic triumph of its own! Fantastic visual resource to have with sumptuous images and photos from the TV series and a great companion to the DVD sets.

Great Show - Great Book

Rome is - or was since they are sadly making no more of it - one of the best shows ever seen on TV in my opinion. It had action, romance, great characters and fantastic settings - all of which are born out by this stunning bok, written by the one of the show's ceators. So, if you loved the show, you'll want this book - full of insightful information and behind the scenes trivia. If the producers ever read this - let's have more of Rome!

Amazing book

HBO's Rome will remain in my collection as one of the best series ever made. The book, filled with very impressive pictures of the serie, of the characters, of the set, ... has found his rightful place amongst my History books. This book includes both season 1 and 2.