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and did more to shape our country than any of his contemporaries

John Hands’ extraordinarily ambitious book merges scientific knowledge from multiple disciplines and evaluates without bias or preconception all the theories and evidence about the origin and evolution of matter

Thebes Religious the farther they get fromMr. Cartledges command of the historical material is effortless and exhaustive, and his appreciation of Thebes is persuasive. Wall Street Journal An incisive, inspiring and vitally illuminating account. . . . A masterful book written by a master historian. Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of Istanbul and Helen of Troy This is the riveting, definitive account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes, by the acclaimed author of The Spartans. Among the