In The Way of Herodotus, intrepid travel historian Marozzi (Tamerlane) retraces the footsteps of Herodotus through the Mediterranean and Middle East, examining his 2,500-year-old observations about the cultures and places he visited, and finding echoes of his legacy reverberating to this day. It is a lively yet thought-provoking excursion into the world of Herodotus, with the man who invented history ever present, guiding the narrative with his discursive spirit. "Justin Marozzi, himself a veteran traveler and jouranlist and intrepid crosser of cultural frontiers, does his hero full justice in this scintillating, thought-provoking, and entertaining homage," writes Paul Cartledge, professor of Greek History at Cambridge University. And the Literary Review calls Marozzi's new work "A tour de force of travel writing."
"A digressive, witty blend of travel writing and popular history.When your subject is a classical author and his account of a war that ended some 2,500 years ago, it takes a good deal of enthusiasm and a keen sense of storytelling to keep a reader interested as you follow in his footsteps. Recounting his passionate pursuit of Herodotus and the modern vestiges of ancient Greco-Persian geography, journalist Marozzi (Tamerlane, 2007, etc.) does not shy away from bold statements or prurient details. He casts Herodotus as the world's first historian, first foreign correspondent, first anthropologist, first travel writer and first investigative journalist, as well as the man who 'invented the West.' " —Kirkus Reviews
