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stefanieh 's review for:
The Histories: The Landmark Herodotus
by Herodotus
I'd give this 4 1/2 stars if I could. It is wonderful reading. There are lots of slow bits, but all in all the real history combined with the sometimes fantastical stories make up for the slow parts. From the Battle of Marathon on it picks up speed, culminating in the final defeat of Persia by the Greeks. Have you ever gotten to the end of a book and wanted to immediately start over even if that book took you almost a year to read? Yeah, that's this book for me. Now I am looking forward to reading all kinds of books about Herodotus and books inspired by Herodotus.