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Natalie Haynes: The Ancient Guide to Modern Life (Paperback, 2012, Profile Books Ltd)

Analyzes the influence of Greek and Roman history on modern society, revealing how the Greeks …

Not quite a guide

This was OK. A relatively shallow (in a breadth of subject matter way rather than a lacking detail way) blitz through history with a focus on the Greeks and Romans.

I think there were fewer links to the modern day than I would have liked, but it was interesting and had a few gems of greatness. I liked it when it focused on historical figures especially on what some of the now famous philosophers thought then and would think now.