The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

The History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

402 pages first pub -411 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative slow-paced

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Thucydides wrote the story of the first democracy in history, and of the fortunes and fall of its empire, but his pages contain the modern world-scene in miniature. The tale is told by a great political thinker, whose penetrating insight and drama...

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informative 93%
challenging 53%
reflective 20%
adventurous 13%
dark 6%
funny 6%
sad 6%

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medium 21%

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