... Obviously my chief authority is Xenophon's ; if I can induce anyone to read this (the Loeb translation is very vivid on the whole) and get as muc… - Naomi Mitchison
" "... Obviously my chief authority is Xenophon's ; if I can induce anyone to read this (the Loeb translation is very vivid on the whole) and get as much pleasure out of it as I did, then I shall be — as the good books say — amply rewarded. For actual history I have gone to Cavaignac or . ... 's The Greek Commonwealth is a good book to begin on.
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About Naomi Mitchison
(née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish author of historical novels, plays, essays, short stories, science fiction, history, nonfiction on politics and ethics, travel writing, poetry, and autobiography. She also was the editor of the 1932 book An Outline for Boys and Girls and Their Parents, a guide to the modern world for children. Her father was , who gave her an early exposure to science. In 1985 she was made .
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Naomi May Margaret Haldane
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