John R. Hale studied at Yale and Cambridge before embarking on an archaeological career that includes extensive underwater searches for ancient warships. He has written for "Antiquity, Journal of Roman Archaeology," and "Scientific American" and has been profiled by NPR and "The New York Times." He has also been featured in documentaries broadcast by The Discovery Channel and The History Channel. He is currently the director of liberal studies at the University of Louisville.
"Nobody knows more about the history of oared ships around the
world than John Hale, and he combines with it a knowledge of and
love for the ancient Athenians that helps explain their
achievement. To provide a new angle from which to view and
understand the experience of the Athenians of the Classical age is
a remarkable feat, but "Lords of the Sea" accomplishes just that.
The writing is utterly captivating and makes the reader feel he is
back in ancient Athens among the great poets, historians,
sculptors, architects, soldiers and sailors, all of whom were
connected in important ways to the Athenian navy."
- Donald Kagan, author of "The Peloponnesian War"
"The dazzling moment of Golden Age Athens was built on democracy,
silver, reason and power. It was arguably the most creative moment
in history, when western architecture, philosophy, drama and
politics were all given their fundamental form. Behind it all was
the Athenian navy, its life and fortunes described here with
exemplary clarity and a vivid engagement with the visceral
realities of battle and the sea. John Hale combines fluent
readability with up-to-date scholarship and a sense that in these
pages you are witnessing not only a driving collective enterprise
but the foundation-level struggles of our own world. This is tour
de force of historical imagination."
- Adam Nicolson Author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "God's
Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible" and "Seize the
Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar"
"Hale's simple but vigorous sentences prick up your ears from the
first page... one hopes to hear more from him."
-"New York Times" (Dwight Garner)
"Compulsively readable...history so brilliantly told that, like the
Athenian democracy, it is truly for all people."
-"Louisville Courier-Journal" (David Jones)
"Absorbing reading for those interested in either Greek or naval
history...well- documented, with numerous maps, a chronol
aNobody knows more about the history of oared ships around the
world than John Hale, and he combines with it a knowledge of and
love for the ancient Athenians that helps explain their
achievement. To provide a new angle from which to view and
understand the experience of the Athenians of the Classical age is
a remarkable feat, but "Lords of the Sea" accomplishes just that.
The writing is utterly captivating and makes the reader feel he is
back in ancient Athens among the great poets, historians,
sculptors, architects, soldiers and sailors, all of whom were
connected in important ways to the Athenian navy.a
a Donald Kagan, author of "The Peloponnesian War"
aThe dazzling moment of Golden Age Athens was built on democracy,
silver, reason and power. It was arguably the most creative moment
in history, when western architecture, philosophy, drama and
politics were all given their fundamental form. Behind it all was
the Athenian navy, its life and fortunes described here with
exemplary clarity and a vivid engagement with the visceral
realities of battle and the sea. John Hale combines fluent
readability with up-to-date scholarship and a sense that in these
pages you are witnessing not only a driving collective enterprise
but the foundation-level struggles of our own world. This is tour
de force of historical imagination.a
a Adam Nicolson Author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Godas
Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible" and "Seize the
Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelsonas Battle of Trafalgar"
"Nobody knows more about the history of oared ships around the
world than John Hale, and he combines with it a knowledge of and
love for the ancient Athenians that helps explain their
achievement. To provide a new angle from which to view and
understand the experience of the Athenians of the Classical age is
a remarkable feat, but "Lords of the Sea" accomplishes just that.
The writing is utterly captivating and makes the reader feel he is
back in ancient Athens among the great poets, historians,
sculptors, architects, soldiers and sailors, all of whom were
connected in important ways to the Athenian navy."
- Donald Kagan, author of "The Peloponnesian War"
"The dazzling moment of Golden Age Athens was built on democracy,
silver, reason and power. It was arguably the most creative moment
in history, when western architecture, philosophy, drama and
politics were all given their fundamental form. Behind it all was
the Athenian navy, its life and fortunes described here with
exemplary clarity and a vivid engagement with the visceral
realities of battle and the sea. John Hale combines fluent
readability with up-to-date scholarship and a sense that in these
pages you are witnessing not only a driving collective enterprise
but the foundation-level struggles of our own world. This is tour
de force of historical imagination."
- Adam Nicolson Author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "God's
Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible" and "Seize the
Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar"
"Hale's simple but vigorous sentences prick up your ears from the
first page... one hopes to hear more from him."
-"New York Times" (Dwight Garner)
"Compulsively readable...history so brilliantly told that, like the
Athenian democracy, it is truly for all people."
-"Louisville Courier-Journal" (David Jones)
"Absorbing reading for those interested in either Greek or naval
history...well- documented, with numerous maps, a chronol
aNobody knows more about the history of oared ships around the
world than John Hale, and he combines with it a knowledge of and
love for the ancient Athenians that helps explain their
achievement. To provide a new angle from which to view and
understand the experience of the Athenians of the Classical age is
a remarkable feat, but "Lords of the Sea" accomplishes just that.
The writing is utterly captivating and makes the reader feel he is
back in ancient Athens among the great poets, historians,
sculptors, architects, soldiers and sailors, all of whom were
connected in important ways to the Athenian navy.a
a Donald Kagan, author of "The Peloponnesian War"
aThe dazzling moment of Golden Age Athens was built on democracy,
silver, reason and power. It was arguably the most creative moment
in history, when western architecture, philosophy, drama and
politics were all given their fundamental form. Behind it all was
the Athenian navy, its life and fortunes described here with
exemplary clarity and a vivid engagement with the visceral
realities of battle and the sea. John Hale combines fluent
readability with up-to-date scholarship and a sense that in these
pages you are witnessing not only a driving collective enterprise
but the foundation-level struggles of our own world. This is tour
de force of historical imagination.a
a Adam Nicolson Author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Godas
Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible" and "Seize the
Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelsonas Battle of Trafalgar"
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