HERODOTUS was born around 480 bc in Halicarnassus, on the
southwest coast of Asia Minor. Few facts are known about his life
but he remains known through his life’s work, The Histories.
TOM HOLLAND is the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian
Fire, and most recently In the Shadow of the Sword. He lives in
London.
PAUL CARTLEDGE is the author of Sparta and Lakonia and The
Greeks. He is A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the
University of Cambridge.
“Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have
appeared in the past half-century…I am in awe of Tom Holland’s
achievement, and have no doubt it will bear rich fruit in bringing
Herodotus to public attention”
–Edith Hall, Times Literary Supplement
“Lively, engaging version of the Histories…[an] admirable
translation”
–The Economist
"Holland makes Herodotus lively, garrulous [and] bold."
–Wall Street Journal
"An engaging modern translation...A feast for students of ancient
history and budding historians of any period."
–Kirkus (starred review)
"Tom Holland’s vivid, vigorous new translation [is] an
accomplishment that makes Herodotus sound like a contemporary
bending our ear, celebrating great and wondrous deeds of the past
to prevent their memory from fading.”
–Wichita Eagle
"Holland’s book is a performance of its own, full of gusto and
flair, and in that way it beats its predecessors: this is Herodotus
the pubman, taking your elbow to tell you stories about the
dastardly yet fascinating tyrants of the Near East and the
miraculous fables attending them."
–Quarterly Conversation
"Brisk, modern and idiomatic, gives greater weight to accuracy,
with only an occasional loss of fluency...Holland and Cartledge
deserve high praise for bringing a bristling new Herodotus to a new
generation."
–The Spectator
"[Holland], like Herodotus, is a storyteller par excellence...The
maps and glossary index are excellent and the introduction and
accompanying historical notes to the translation [are] admirably to
the point."
–The New Statesman
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