...Beacon Lights of History

by John Lord, Alexander Stevenson Twombly

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610 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2004

About the author

John Lord was an American historian and lecturer. He graduated from Dartmouth and the Andover Theological Seminary.

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Reviews

[Johnny Edwards · Rating 4 out of 5]

I injoyed learning about the people mentioned in this book. I couldnt hardly believe how much knowlege about philosophy and Religion and life people around 500 bc had. Ive learned about a few of them in school but really didnt get the total picture of just how ancient society was. I was quite surprised. At times I found this book hard to follow because it would bounce from one person to another then back to the other person and had to back track a few times. But its truly amazing at around 500 bc just how intelligent some of the people were and how organized there society was. This book is really a good read with lots and lots of good and interesting facts. I just had a hard time believing that society and its people had evolved so well at and around 500 bc. I was thinking for some reason it was every man for him self and watch out for the dinosaurs lol Good book good knowlege.