Paul Cartledge, Author . Overlook $27.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-58567-402-2
Legendary for their ferocious combat skills, the Spartans built a warrior culture in ancient Greece unsurpassed for its courage and military prowess. Eminent historian Cartledge (Spartan Reflections) provides a remarkable chronicle of Sparta's...
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Paul Cartledge, Author . Overlook $28.95 (368p) ISBN 978-1-58567-565-4
Alexander the Great's brilliant military campaigns in the fourth century B.C. spread not only his reputation as a heroic and ingenious leader but also the culture of ancient Greece throughout the known world. With his usual riveting storytelling,
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Paul Cartledge, Author . Oxford Univ. $19.95 (261p) ISBN 978-0-19-923338-0
Cartledge, professor of Greek culture at the University of Cambridge, has created an intriguing overview of Greek history by providing synopses of 11 key city-states, each representing a different facet of Greek life and culture, such as politics,...
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Paul Cartledge, Author TV Books $25 (280p) ISBN 978-1-57500-093-0
An unusual approach is taken here by Cartledge, a respected scholar of ancient history at the University of Cambridge. A companion volume to a PBS series that aired this month, the book doesn't offer a chronologically anchored narrative of the...
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Paul Cartledge. Oxford Univ., $29.95 (312p) ISBN 978-0-19-983745-8
In this erudite and highly technical history, Cartledge (After Thermopylae), emeritus professor of Greek culture at Cambridge University, revisits the roots of democracy to understand how ancient Greeks understood and practiced it. Fundamentally...
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Vincent Azoulay, trans. from the French by Janet Lloyd. Princeton Univ, $35 (296p) ISBN 978-0-691-15459-6
French scholar Azoulay reassesses the life and legacy of the legendary Athenian orator and statesman who represents Greece’s golden age. Striking a balance between adulation and hypercriticism, the author depicts Pericles as a formidable strategos...
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Paul Cartledge. Abrams, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4683-1606-3
Historian Cartledge (Democracy: A Life) explores the mythic origins and enduring legacy of the ancient Greek city of Thebes in this comprehensive account. Though frequently overshadowed by rival city-states Athens and Sparta, Thebes played an...
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