Athens: Its Rise and Fall by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Oswyn Murray - 9780415518512

Name: Athens: Its Rise and Fall by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Oswyn Murray - 9780415518512
Brand: Edward Bulwer Lytton

Edward Bulwer Lytton

Athens: Its Rise and FallWith Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People\nAuthor(s): Edward Bulwer Lytton, Oswyn Murray\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415518512, 978-0415518512\nSynopsis\nAthens: Its Rise and Fall, originally published in 1837, is the most important and readable of the Victorian histories of ancient Greece. It stands alongside Macauley and Carlyle as a great historical work of British Romanticism, and anticipates the thinking of George Grote and John Stuart Mill on Greek history by over a decade.\n\nOriginally published in two volumes, this new one-volume edition includes the text of the never-before published 'third volume' on which he was working at the time of his death, recently rediscovered by Oxford academic Oswyn Murray.\n\nAn absolute must for any scholar of ancient Greece.