The Greek Historians
It is a fresh approach meant for college freshmen, that is most readable. The writing is captivating and most accessible, with references for further reading. This excellent survey of the ancient Greek historians and their writing of history serves the reader, academic or general, admirably.–Religious Studies ReviewLuce has skillfully summarized the contributions of earlier scholars, while at the same time giving the reader the benefit of his own impressive grasp of the subject...Specialists will recognize Luce's own contributions most of all in the first chapter of the work treating the development of history as a distinct literary genre, and also in his interesting take on Thucydides' status as a scientific historian..