Tells the story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia. This title take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian... Čítať ďalej
---The father of history,-- as Cicero called him, and a writer
possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and
considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers
well-versed in the... Čítať ďalej