The Histories av Herodotus

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<p><b>Tom Holland''s ''stirring new translation'' (<i>Telegraph</i>) of Herodotus'' <i>Histories</i>, one of the great books in Western history - now in paperback</b><br><br><i>The Histories </i>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>TOM HOLLAND</b> is the author of <i>Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic</i>, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel J