Thucydides: The Reinvention of History

Kagan, Donald

ISBN 10: 0143118293 / ISBN 13: 9780143118299

Edité par Penguin Publishing Group, 2010

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Synopsis :

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.

À propos de l'auteur: Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. His four-volume History of the Peloponnesian War is the leading scholarly work on the subject. He is also the author of many books on ancient and modern topics.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Thucydides: The Reinvention of History
Éditeur : Penguin Publishing Group
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
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