A Bottle in the Shade

by Peter Levi

In describing his return to Peloponnesia, Levi draws on both its ancient and its recent past, and discusses the captivating problems of archaeology. The book also provides insights into the author himself - as poet, biographer, traveller and scholar.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published May 28, 1996

About the author

Peter Chad Tigar Levi, FSA, FRSL, Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford (1984–1989) was a poet, archaeologist, sometime Jesuit priest, travel writer, biographer, academic and prolific reviewer and critic.

Reviews

[Malcolm Pinch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peter Levi's musing on Greece are always a joy and this one is no exception - health issues - 4 yrs -ish before he died- I'm sure made this trip hard work for him, and the books suffers a bit in focus but the old spirit was still there.