Greece by Roderick Beaton

The best history of Greece around... Beautifully written and packed with insights about the culture and the people. I will be dipping into this book for the rest of my life Victoria Hislop We think we know ancient Greece the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines western culture today in the arts sciences social sciences and politics. Yet as Greece has been brought under repeated scrutiny during the financial crises that have convulsed the country s Paperback softback