Charles Freeman is a freelance writer of popular history. In 1996, Oxford University Press published his
Egypt, Greece and Rome. I bought this when it came out (there is now a second edition) and thoroughly recommend it as the best introduction to the ancient world in print. Reading it makes two things clear – that Freeman is a writer of exceptional talent and that he loves the ancient world with a passion. I share his passion and if I could go through life again, I’d want to be a classicist. So, if you don’t know your Attila from your Alexander or you think Tiglath Pilesar is a brand of lager, and you are worried this makes you seem like an uneducated ignoramus (which, incidentally, it does) then,
Egypt, Greece and Rome is the book for you.
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