- Published: 26 September 2013
- ISBN: 9780141393773
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 880
The Histories
Formats & editions
- Published: 26 September 2013
- ISBN: 9780141393773
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 880
Holland's text makes for energizing reading . . . unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the last half-century . . . fast, funny, opinionated, clear and erudite . . . I am in awe of Tom Holland's achievement
Edith Hall, TLS
Tom Holland has been captivated by Herodotus since he was a child. His pleasure shines through his relaxed, idiomatic, expansive and often dramatic translation . . . He, like Herodotus, is a storyteller par excellence
Peter Jones, New Statesman
A labour of love . . . full of rattling good yarns . . . the minister for education should present each of his cabinet colleagues with a copy of Holland's admirable translation
Economist