Description
'Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.'
The story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia, told by part-historian, part-mythmaker Herodotus of Halicarnassus.
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Herodotus (c.484-425 BCE). Herodotus's The Histories is also available in Penguin Classics.
Weaving factual account with colourful myth, the 'father of history' tells of the psychotic Persian king - and his fateful death.
About the Author
Herodotus (c.484-425 BCE). Herodotus's The Histories is also available in Penguin Classics.
Book Information
ISBN 9780141398778
Author Herodotus
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 53g
Dimensions(mm) 159mm * 110mm * 5mm