Show THE GREATEST HISTORIAN by common consent the greatest of all historians is des the greek contemporary of pericles and author of the history of the peloponnesian war one of the greatest tributes that can be paid to him is that according to the estimate of a very able critic we have a more exact account of a long and eventful period by than we have of any period in modem history equally long and eventful and yet all this is compressed into a single volume for concise vigorous and yet intense presentation Thuey dides has never been equaled he is easily the king of historians nm new york american |