Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus'
Histories, one of the great books in Western history - now in
paperback The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half
of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of
history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing.
Joined here are the sheer drama of Herodotus' narrative of the
Persian invasions of Greece, and the endless curiosity - turning
now to cannabis, now to the Pyramids - which make his book the
source of so much of our knowledge of the ancient world. This
absorbing new translation, by one of Britain's most admired young
historians, allows all the drama and mysteriousness of this great
book to be fully appreciated by modern readers. TOM HOLLAND is the
author of Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic,
which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted
for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Persian Fire, his history of the
Graeco-Persian wars, won the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award
in 2006. His most recent book, In the Shadow of the Sword,
describes the collapse of Roman and Persian power in the Near East,
and the emergence of Islam. He has adapted Homer, Herodotus,
Thucydides and Virgil for the BBC, and is the presenter of BBC
Radio 4's Making History. In 2007, he was the winner of the
Classical Association Prize awarded to 'the individual who has done
most to promote the study of the language, literature and
civilisation of Ancient Greece and Rome'. He served two years as
the Chair of the Society of Authors 2009-11. PAUL CARTLEDGE is the
inaugural A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the
University of Cambridge. His numerous books include Sparta and
Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC; The Greeks: A Portrait of
Self and Others; Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World;
Ancient Greece. A Very Short Introduction; and After Thermopylae:
The Oath of Plataea and the End of the Graeco-Persian Wars. He is
an Honorary Citizen of Sparta, Greece and holds the Gold Cross of
the Order of Honour conferred by the President of the Hellenic
Republic. 'Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus
to have appeared in the last half-century, and there have been
quite a few . . . fast, funny, opinionated, clear and erudite . . .
I am in awe of Tom Holland's achievement' Edith Hall, TLS 'A labour
of love . . . full of rattling good yarns . . . the minister for
education should present each of his cabinet colleagues with a copy
of Holland's admirable translation' Economist 'Tom Holland has been
captivated by Herodotus since he was a child. His pleasure shines
through his relaxed, idiomatic, expansive and often dramatic
translation ... He, like Herodotus, is a storyteller par
excellence' Peter Jones, New Statesman
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