Overview
The bestselling author of The Peloponnesian War examines Thucydides as the first modern historian. Donald Kagan's magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War is recognized as a landmark of classical scholarship. Now, Kagan-one of the most respected classical historians in the world-turns his attention from one of the greatest conflicts in history to the author who so magnificently chronicled it: Thucydides, the first truly modern historian. This study offers readers a remarkable opportunity to experience one great historian engaging another across the centuries, in a work that is at once an engrossing voyage of discovery, a moving tribute, and a revelatory meditation on the practice of history and its value in human affairs.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780143118299
- ISBN-10: 0143118293
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- Publish Date: October 2010
- Dimensions: 8.38 x 5.52 x 0.59 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.51 pounds
- Page Count: 272
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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