James Heneage

The Shortest History of Greece: The Odyssey of a Nation from Myth to Modernity (The Shortest History Series) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Discover the cultural and political riches of Greece across 3,000 years, from classical might to modern rebirth. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.

Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computersthe glories of Greek civilization have shaped our world even more profoundly than we realize. Pericles and the Parthenon may be familiar, but what of Epaminondas, the Theban general who saved the Greek world from Spartan tyranny? Alexander the Great's fame has rolled down the centuries, but the golden Hellenistic Age that followed is largely forgotten. Byzantine conjures decadence and deadly intrigue, yet the thousand-year empire that ruled from Constantinople and saved Europe twice from invasion was, in fact, Greek.

Greece's modern chapter, too, tells of triumph and calamityfrom liberation and expansion to schism, homegrown dictatorship, Nazi occupation, and civil war. Today's nation is battered by austerity, encroaching climate change, and a refugee crisisyet unwavering in its ancient values.

James Heneage captures the full Grecian drama in this riveting, short history, revealing Greece as the wellspring of Western civilizationand a model that may yet save modern democracy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Experiment
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781615199495
• Artikelnr.: 64257191

Autorenporträt

James Heneage author of four bestselling historical novels set in Byzantium. He founded the Ottakar's chain of bookshops (now owned by Waterstones), chaired the Cheltenham Literary Festival, and set up his own festival dedicated to history with author James Holland: the Chalke Valley History Festival, now in its ninth year. He lives in Wiltshire, England.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
 
Part One: Ruling Half the World (Beginnings–1453)
Part Two: The Longest Sleep (1453–1830)
Part Three: The Rise and Fall of the Great Idea (1830–1949)
Part Four: Democracy Debased (1949–present)
 
Afterword
Selected Further Reading