Her style of writing takes a little getting used to. This is essentially a chronicle of her travels on a sailboat along the ancient landmarks and seaports of the ancient Greek empire including it's powerful city states of Athens and Sparta. While a lot of it is focused on the general murder and mayhem unleashed by Athens against it's own city states of Sparta and the Pelopnnesian league. As you may all know, it was the Peloponnesian war that led to the demise of Athens and also the Greek Empire.

So Greece can be viewed as a well rounded state, not only did it lay the foundation for all the peaceful aspects of civilization such as Art, Culture, Architecture, Medicine, Statecraft etc. that essentially laid the foundation for western civilization in general. But also it's undesirable aspects of conquests, warfare which was adopted to a large extent by successive Regimes and Despots including the famous Alexander the (not so) Great.

It is so strange that this same Greece later went on to become a satellite state of the Ottoman Empire so much so that it's entire culture, including it's cuisine was islamicized and had to be rescued by a plan to bring it back to it's western moorings.

Overall, some very strong dose of early Greek History.

Her style of writing takes a little getting used to. This is essentially a chronicle of her travels on a sailboat along the ancient landmarks and seaports of the ancient Greek empire including it's powerful city states of Athens and Sparta. While a lot of it is focused on the general murder and mayhem unleashed by Athens against it's own city states of Sparta and the Pelopnnesian league. As you may all know, it was the Peloponnesian war that led to the demise of Athens and also the Greek Empire.

So Greece can be viewed as a well rounded state, not only did it lay the foundation for all the peaceful aspects of civilization such as Art, Culture, Architecture, Medicine, Statecraft etc. that essentially laid the foundation for western civilization in general. But also it's undesirable aspects of conquests, warfare which was adopted to a large extent by successive Regimes and Despots including the famous Alexander the (not so) Great.

It is so strange that this same Greece later went on to become a satellite state of the Ottoman Empire so much so that it's entire culture, including it's cuisine was islamicized and had to be rescued by a plan to bring it back to it's western moorings.

Overall, some very strong dose of early Greek History.