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Herodotus

Herodotus was a Greek writer living in the 5th century BC. He is considered the “Father of History” for his detailed acc...

Classical Narrative Ancient Greek

9.2 Excellent

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Thucydides

Thucydides was a Greek historian renowned for his detailed account of the Peloponnesian War. His work provides unparalle...

Classical Political Ancient Greek

9.2 Excellent

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Tacitus

Tacitus was a prominent Roman historian living during the early Imperial period. He is notable for his critical and ofte...

Classical Political Ancient Roman

9.2 Excellent

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James McPherson

James McPherson is a prominent American historian specializing in the 20th and 21st centuries. He’s particularly renowne...

Military American 20TH Century Civil War

9.2 Excellent

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Plutarch

Plutarch was a Greek biographer and philosopher writing during the Roman Empire. His *Parallel Lives* meticulously compa...

Classical Ancient Biographical Greek

9.1 Excellent

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Livy

Livy, or Titus Livius, was a Roman historian who wrote Ab Urbe Condita Libri, a history of Rome from its legendary found...

Classical Narrative Ancient Roman

8.8 Great

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Geoffrey Parker

Geoffrey Parker is a British historian whose work centers on early modern Europe, military history, and the Spanish Empi...

Military 20TH Century Early Modern British American

8.7 Great

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Mary Beard

Mary Beard is a British classicist and historian of ancient Rome. Her 2015 book SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome presents...

Classical Contemporary Public British

8.7 Great

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Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch is an American historian and author whose work focuses on Martin Luther King Jr. and the United States civ...

Narrative American Contemporary Biography

8.7 Great

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R.G. Collingwood

R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) was an English philosopher, historian, and archaeologist whose work addressed the nature a...

Philosophical 20TH Century British Ancient

8.6 Great

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John Keegan

John Keegan (1934-2012) was a British military historian whose books examined how warfare was experienced and conducted...

Military Narrative 20TH Century British

8.6 Great

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Michael Howard

Sir Michael Howard was a British military historian whose work examined war, strategy, and the development of modern Eur...

Military 20TH Century British Strategic

8.6 Great

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Josephus

Flavius Josephus (c. 37-c. 100 CE) was a Jewish priest, military commander, and historian who wrote in Greek under Roman...

Classical Ancient Religious Roman

8.5 Great

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Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor is a British historian known for narrative studies of twentieth-century conflict, especially the Second Wo...

Military Narrative Contemporary British

8.5 Great

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Procopius

Procopius was a sixth-century Byzantine historian who served as secretary and adviser to the general Belisarius during t...

Military Classical Medieval Byzantine

8.4 Great

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Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman was an American historian and author who wrote narrative histories of World War I, medieval Europe, and...

Military Narrative American 20TH Century

8.4 Great

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Max Hastings

Max Hastings is a British journalist and historian known for narrative studies of modern warfare. His books include "The...

Military Narrative Contemporary British

8.3 Great

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Dio Cassius

Dio Cassius, also known as Cassius Dio, was a Greek-speaking Roman senator and historian who lived during the late secon...

Classical Political Ancient Roman

8.1 Great

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Suetonius

Suetonius, formally Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, was a Roman biographer and writer active during the early second centur...

Classical Ancient Biographical Roman

7.9 Good

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Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, and author whose work examines warfare, agriculture,...

Military Classical American Contemporary

7.5 Good