{"product_id":"thucydides-the-reinvention-of-history-paperback","title":"Thucydides: The Reinvention of History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Kagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Peloponnesian War\u003c\/i\u003e examines Thucydides as the first modern historian. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Donald Kagan's magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War is recognized as a landmark of classical scholarship. Now, Kagan-one of the most respected classical historians in the world-turns his attention from one of the greatest conflicts in history to the author who so magnificently chronicled it: Thucydides, the first truly modern historian. This study offers readers a remarkable opportunity to experience one great historian engaging another across the centuries, in a work that is at once an engrossing voyage of discovery, a moving tribute, and a revelatory meditation on the practice of history and its value in human affairs.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. His four-volume \u003cb\u003eHistory of the Peloponnesian War\u003c\/b\u003e is the leading scholarly work on the subject. He is also the author of many books on ancient and modern topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.38 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759241560352,"sku":"9780143118299","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d05dfa2ff4aeadfc698eb20f011a78e1.webp?v=1780146566","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/thucydides-the-reinvention-of-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}