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A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century (Vintage) - Softcover
Describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the practise of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the cultural history of Europe and America.
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"A triumph. . . . Reminds us of how often the narratives of the great historians resemble works of literature and of how important a secure grasp of historical fact can be to the progress of culture and the fate of nations." --The Wall Street Journal
"Absorbingly informative. . . . An exemplar of how history should be written. Witty, scholarly and, above all, fair." --The Times (London)
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"Burrow marshals a lifetime of knowledge and guides the reader effortlessly across the ages." --Time
"A fascinating compendium." --The New Yorker"A triumph. . . . Reminds us of how often the narratives of the great historians resemble works of literature and of how important a secure grasp of historical fact can be to the progress of culture and the fate of nations." --The Wall Street Journal
"Absorbingly informative. . . . An exemplar of how history should be written. Witty, scholarly and, above all, fair." --The Times (London)
John Burrow was for many years Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex. From 1994 to 2000 he was the first Professor of Intellectual History at Oxford. He is author of A Liberal Descent, Gibbon, Whigs and Liberals: Continuity and Change in English Political Thought, The Crisis of Reason: European Thought 1848-1914, and That Noble Sphere of Politics. He will be Distinguished Visiting Professor at Williams College, Massachusetts, January to May 2008.
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