Ctesias' 'history of Persia': Tales of the Orient by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, James Robson

Ctesias' 'history of Persia': Tales of the Orient

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, James Robson

254 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history mysterious medium-paced

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Towards the end of the fifth century BC Ctesias of Cnidus wrote his 23 book History of Persia. Ctesias is a remarkable figure: he lived and worked in the Persian court and, as a doctor, tended to the world's most powerful kings and queens. His pos...

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