- Published: 30 May 2016
- ISBN: 9780099583646
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $28.00
The Ancient Greeks
Ten Ways They Shaped the Modern World
- Published: 30 May 2016
- ISBN: 9780099583646
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $28.00
Hall examines in scholarly but very readable detail.
Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday
Hall’s superb history achieves her aim with a happy marrying of literature and archaeology.
Lesley McDowell, Independent
If you’re interested in their history then it is worth reading, and I think even those with some knowledge of the Greeks would learn something from this book.
Judith Griffith, Nudge
Groundbreaking ... acutely identifies and brilliantly explores ten defining qualities that together explain why we simply cannot do without the ancient Greeks
Professor Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge
Edith Hall has a brilliant ability to intellectually analyse the Greeks… because of deep, searching curiosity, and her sense of how this culture reflects upon our moment now. Her writing is so clear and accessible… full of complex reflections and revelations
Ian Rickson
Wide-ranging and endlessly fascinating… It is a fitting tribute to history that ought to be preserved… because it would, at the very least, enrich our conversation and range of comparison with events today
Daisy Dunn, Standpoint
A worthy and lively introduction to one of the two groups of ancient peoples who really formed the western world
Christopher Hart, Sunday Times
[Hall] provides a thoroughly readable and illuminating account of this fascinating people… This excellent book makes us admire and like the ancient Greeks equally
John Davie, Independent
This new tome serves as a fantastic general introduction
Big Issue
Terrifically good
Natalie Haynes, Observer
This crisp little book is also worth reading for Hall’s elegant prose
Suzi Feay, Financial Times
Throughout, Hall exemplifies her subjects’ spirit of inquiry, their originality and their open-mindedness… And in doing that…she reminds us of how civilizing and humanizing a study of the ancients can be
Daily Telegraph
A fascinating read, delightfully illustrated with unusual and exquisite drawings
Michael Scott, BBC History Magazine
21st-century readers eager to understand the glorious contributions of the ancient Greeks have their own ideal escort in Edith Hall
Adrienne Mayor, Literary Review
An intriguing and rewarding journey through 2000 years of Greek history
Good Book Guide
A book that is both erudite and splendidly entertaining
Tony Barber, Financial Times