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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Bruce ClarkPublish date:2023-01-10Pages:624
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781639363643ISBN-10:1639363645UPC:9781639363643Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Ancient, Europe, CivilizationBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.19 x 5.43 x 1.81 inchesWeight:1.2721Product ID:SCY0DW1EAK
A sweeping narrative history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization.

Even on the most smog-bound of days, the rocky outcrop on which the Acropolis stands is visible above the sprawling roof-scape of the Greek capital. Athens presents one of the most recognizable and symbolically potent panoramas of any of the world's cities: the pillars and pediments of the Parthenon - the temple dedicated to Athena, goddess of wisdom, that crowns the Acropolis - dominate a city whose name is synonymous for many with civilization itself.

It is hard not to feel the hand of history in such a place. The birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy and theatre, Athens' importance cannot be understated. Few cities have enjoyed a history so rich in artistic creativity and the making of ideas; or one so curiously patterned by alternating cycles of turbulence and quietness.

From the legal reforms of the lawmaker Solon in the sixth century BCE to the travails of early twenty-first century Athens, as it struggles with the legacy of the economic crises of the 2000s, Clark brings the city's history to life, evoking its cultural richness and political resonance in this epic, kaleidoscopic history.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pegasus BooksISBN-13:9781639363643ISBN-10:1639363645UPC:9781639363643Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Ancient, Europe, CivilizationBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.19 x 5.43 x 1.81 inchesWeight:1.2721Product ID:SCY0DW1EAK
Bruce Clark writes on European Affairs and Religion for The Economist. He has been diplomatic correspondent of the Financial Times, Moscow correspondent for The Times, and Athens correspondent for Reuters. This is his first book to be published in America. Bruce lives in Britain.
Publisher: Pegasus Books

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