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erincataldi's review
2.0
Here's another audiobook review for the Library Journal. It's written according to the journal's standards so it doesn't have my usual quirkiness, but oh well.
Written nearly half a millennium before the birth of Christ, Thucydide’s, The History of the Peloponnesian War continues to be one of the most powerful and influential works of our time. This masterpiece brings to life a convincing account of the struggle between the empires of Athens and Sparta over expansion, shipping, and trade and in the process combines myth, romance, and history to create a painstakingly factual record of the catastrophic conflict that eventually ended the Athenian empire. Neville Jason, renowned voice actor and winner of multiple Audiofile awards and the coveted diction prize beautifully brings to life a long forgotten era and fills the listener with an overwhelming sense of urgency and passion. For lovers of history; past and current.
Written nearly half a millennium before the birth of Christ, Thucydide’s, The History of the Peloponnesian War continues to be one of the most powerful and influential works of our time. This masterpiece brings to life a convincing account of the struggle between the empires of Athens and Sparta over expansion, shipping, and trade and in the process combines myth, romance, and history to create a painstakingly factual record of the catastrophic conflict that eventually ended the Athenian empire. Neville Jason, renowned voice actor and winner of multiple Audiofile awards and the coveted diction prize beautifully brings to life a long forgotten era and fills the listener with an overwhelming sense of urgency and passion. For lovers of history; past and current.
annmaries's review
4.0
I LOVED this book. I didn't read all of it, but the exerts I read for class I found fascinating. Definitely not a sit-down-and-read-it-to-the-family kind of book, but it's worth picking up and slowly making your way through.
tywhiplashing's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.5
Very informative and fascinating, but definitely best to listen to/ read in chunks since it is quite dense. :)
hilly_em's review
Boring, put me into a reading slump, a good historical reference text but not to be read intensely