Donald Kagan, Author of 'The Peloponnesian War': "Nobody knows more about the history of oared ships around the world than John Hale, and he combines with it a knowledge of and love for the ancient Athenians that helps explain their achievement. To provide a new angle from which to view and understand the experience of the Athenians of the Classical age is a remarkable feat, but Lords of the Sea accomplishes just that. It tells the story of the central role played by the great navy in shaping the government, politics, economy and culture in the years of the greatness of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E. The writing is utterly captivating and makes the reader feel he is back in ancient Athens among the great poets, historians, sculptors, architects, soldiers and sailors, all of whom were connected in important ways to the Athenian navy."
2 posted on 05/26/2010 5:54:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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