{"product_id":"thucydides-the-reinvention-of-history-9780143118299","title":"Thucydides: The Reinvention of History","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Peloponnesian War\u003c\/i\u003e examines Thucydides as the first modern historian. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Donald Kagan's magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War is recognized as a landmark of classical scholarship. Now, Kagan-one of the most respected classical historians in the world-turns his attention from one of the greatest conflicts in history to the author who so magnificently chronicled it: Thucydides, the first truly modern historian. This study offers readers a remarkable opportunity to experience one great historian engaging another across the centuries, in a work that is at once an engrossing voyage of discovery, a moving tribute, and a revelatory meditation on the practice of history and its value in human affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. His four-volume \u003cb\u003eHistory of the Peloponnesian War\u003c\/b\u003e is the leading scholarly work on the subject. He is also the author of many books on ancient and modern topics.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409735553298,"sku":"9780143118299","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3bf3ca7-d3b0-4ad7-a55d-0941f32b7e25.jpg?v=1729293343","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thucydides-the-reinvention-of-history-9780143118299","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}