?Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus . . . in the past
half-century." ?The Times Literary Supplement
In Tom Holland's vibrant new translation, one of the great masterpieces of
Western history springs to life. Herodotus of Halicarnassus?hailed by Cicero as
the ?Father of History"?composed his histories around 440 bc. The earliest
surviving work of nonfiction, The Histories works its way from the Trojan War
through an epic account of the war between the Persian empire and the Greek
citystates in the fifth century bc, recording landmark events that ensured the
development of Western culture and still capture our modern imagination.
Beautifully packaged with a comprehensive array of