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The Histories Condition:Well Read Life as a POW inOne of Western historys greatest books springs to life in Tom Hollands vibrant new translation. Herodotus of Halicarnassuswho was hailed by Cicero as the father of historywrote his histories around 440 BC. It is the earliest surviving work of nonfiction and a thrilling narrative account of (among other things) the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city states in the fifth century BC. With a wealth of information about ancient geography,