The Histories

"Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the past half-century...I am in awe of Tom Holland's achievement, and have no doubt it will bear rich fruit in bringing Herodotus to public attention" -Edith Hall, Times Literary Supplement "Lively, engaging version of the Histories...[an] admirable translation" -The Economist

"Holland makes Herodotus lively, garrulous [and] bold." -Wall Street Journal

"An engaging modern translation...A feast for students of ancient history and budding historians of any period." -Kirkus (starred review)

"Tom Holland's vivid, vigorous new translation [is] an accomplishment that makes Herodotus sound like a contemporary bending our ear, celebrating great and wondrous deeds of the past to prevent their memory from fading." -Wichita Eagle

"Holland's book is a performance of its own, full of gusto and flair, and in that way it beats its predecessors: this is Herodotus the pubman, taking your elbow to tell you stories about the dastardly yet fascinating tyrants of the Near East and the miraculous fables attending them." -Quarterly Conversation

"Brisk, modern and idiomatic, gives greater weight to accuracy, with only an occasional loss of fluency...Holland and Cartledge deserve high praise for bringing a bristling new Herodotus to a new generation." -The Spectator

"[Holland], like Herodotus, is a storyteller par excellence...The maps and glossary index are excellent and the introduction and accompanying historical notes to the translation [are] admirably to the point." -The New Statesman