rbkegley's review
4.0
Michael Grant displays his usual mastery of subjects ancient, this time bringing to life a dozen or so primarily Greek and Roman historians whose writings have survived. He tells us about the historians' lives, many times tying their personal travels or careers to their choice of subjects or treatments of them. Though it's often tough sledding, verging on more information than I'd like, it was worth sticking to it. The epilogue proved to be one of the more fascinating sections of the book, where Grant traces the survival and subsequent translations of the surviving manuscripts of the works.
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