The History of the Peloponnesian War: The Battles and Sieges of Ancient Greece and Sparta Ð Complete in Eight Books (Hardcover)This edition of Thucylides epic chronicle, The History of the Peloponnesian War, contains all eight books in the authoritative English translation of Richard Crawley. Thucylides himself was an Athenian general who personally witnessed the various skirmishes of the war. Ordering all of the events chronologically a first for any work of history he offers a straightforward account of the conflict, straying little to personal opinions or permitting his