Description: 'Herodotus, from Halicarnassus, here displays his enquiries, that human achievement may be spared the ravages of time, and that everything great and astounding, and all the glory of those exploits which served to display Greeks and barbarians alike to such effect, be kept alive - and additionally, and most importantly, to give the reason they went to war.' So begins The Histories, the very first work of history and one of the most dramatic accounts of the ancient world ever written, brought to life again in Tom Holland's gripping new translation. 'Thrilling, a masterpiece on the grandest scale, the world's first prose epic . . . Holland brings a bristling new Herodotus to a new generation.' Justin Marozzi, Spectator 'Energizing fast, funny, opinionated, clear and erudite . . . the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the past half-century.' Edith Hall, The Times Literary Supplement 'Tom Holland, like Herodotus, is a storyteller par excellence.' Peter Jones, New Statesman With an Introduction and Notes by Paul Cartledge
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EAN: 9780140455397
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Book Title: The Histories by Herodotus
Item Length: 19.8 cm
Item Height: 198 mm
Item Width: 129 mm
Author: Herodotus
Publication Name: The Histories
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Ancient Literature
Item Weight: 598 g
Number of Pages: 880 Pages
