History of the Peloponnesian War - Penguin Classics

'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 HollandThe 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

ISBN:	9780140440393
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Published date:	28 Feb 1974
DEWEY:	938.05
DEWEY edition:	18
Language:	English
Sales rank:	6282
Number of pages:	648
Weight:	444g
Height:	197mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	28mm

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