History of the Peloponnesian War

Description

Product ID:	9780140440393
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	History of the Peloponnesian War
Authors:	Author: Thucydides, Rex Warner
Page Count:	656
Subjects:	European history, European history, Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greece
Description:	Presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta. This title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict. ''With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it tells of universal war, of terrorism, revolution and genocide'' Tom Holland The long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta plunged the ancient Greek world into decades of war. Thucydides was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war, and in this detailed, first-hand contemporary account he writes as both a soldier and a historian. He applies a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling a factual record of a ruinous conflict that would eventually destroy the Athenian empire. Translated by Rex Warner with an introduction and notes by M. I. Finley
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1974-02-28

Weight	452 g
Dimensions	197 × 129 × 28 mm