Harry Mount's Odyssey: Ancient Greece in the Footsteps of Odysseus is a journey round Greece inspired by the heroes, locations and tales of the Odyssey and tracing ancient Greek civilization at its height
Harry Mount studied ancient and modern history and classics at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained a First. He has written a number of books including Amo, Amas, Amat and All That (Short Books), A Lust for Windowsills (Little Brown) and How England Made the English (Viking). He is a former New York correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and now writes regularly for the Spectator, The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail.
The book is packed with such goodies ... As he picks his way among
the ruins, brooding on the past — his own, and that of Greece — the
author remains essentially English ... Equally, at times, Harry
Mount has an air of being the living embodiment of the study of
classics itself: noble, solitary, uneasily beleaguered, and
sporting a slightly silly hat
*Spectator*
Mount is honey-tongued, and this journey is ... fantastically
entertaining
*The Times*
An exploration of the diverse ways in which ancient Greek culture
still runs in our veins, influences our thinking and governs our
world view.
*Times Literary Supplement*
[An] enjoyable and informative book ... fact and fiction can, as in
the Bible, merge to create a heady mixture, which inspires and
instructs. Cruise this book, and find the flavour of it
*The Oldie*
One of the most compelling writers of his generation.
*Evening Standard - Books of the Year 2015*
A minor masterpiece of self-deprecation
*Guardian*
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