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The man who invented history: travels with herodotus

Paperback • 2008 • English

The man who invented history: travels with herodotus

By Justin Marozzi

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During the classical age of Greece, Herodotus wrote the first history text. But what he created was much more than this. Informed by his own travels, his historical work digresses more than it chronicles, with tales of the lands and peoples he visited. As Michael Ondaatje once famously suggested, "What you find in him are the cul-de-sacs within the sweep of history.” In The Way of Herodotus, intrepid travel historian Justin Marozzi retraces the footsteps of Herodotus through the Mediterranean an...Show more

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9780719567131

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

The man who invented history: travels with herodotus

Format

Paperback

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