Stories of the East from Herodotus
Color edition. Herodotus, the father of history, is possibly the most famous historian of all-and perhaps the most maligned, despite his clear warning at the start of his book that he was merely recording, not vouchsafing, those things that he had not seen himself. As a result, his accounts are often dismissed, but as Alfred Church's masterful retelling shows, this is an unjust assumption.Starting with the reign of King Croesus of Lydia (ca. 560 BC), his wars with the Persians, and the rise of Cyrus the Great of Persia, Herodotus's story line moves through the late Egyptian dynasties, and deals with their downfall and submission to the Persi…
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- ISBN: 978-1-389-48642-5
- EAN: 9781389486425
- Produktnummer: 24726712
- Verlag: Blurb
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 164 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 362 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 362
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