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Thucydides : The Reinvention of History

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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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  • 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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