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This bold undertaking covers Western theatre from ancient Greece to the present day. It traces the development of dramatic art through the miracle plays, the great Shakespearean period, Moliere and Racine in France, Goethe in Germany, through the 19th century and the main movements in the 20th century.

Histories written by Herodotus performed by David Timson and on CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN: 9781843799481
Genre - Main: Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific: History
Duration: 1648 mins
Length: Unabridged
Author: Herodotus
Performer 1: David Timson

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In this, the first prose history in European civilisation, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority and style. Perhaps most famously, the book tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia.

Here are not only the great battles Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of destiny at work.

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