Catherine Fletcher: The Roads to Rome: A History

 A lovely eclectic read, but it's a pig to categorise. Its not about roads during the Roman empire, it's not a travelogue along Roman roads, and it's not a history of Rome or Europe, but it’s a mix of all of these , taking events in the last 2,500 years of European and Mediterranean history that have occurred on or near the Roman road network - Belisarius' conquest of Italy, Charlemagne visiting Rome to be crowned, The Crusades crossing the Balkans, the Grand Tour, Mussolini's march on Rome, the Allied invasion of Italy and more. Full of interesting information by a personable writer full of enthusiasm for her subject. I haven't a clue where to put it in the bookshelf though. It's got Rome in the name though so History of the Roman Empire it is.