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Our Greece reading list

You may want to do some background reading before the trip. Here is a short list of some of the books we have enjoyed.

Non Fiction: Greek History

  • Ancient Greece : A Story in Eleven Cities ~ Paul Cartledge

    More than just a book about Greece, but an excellent starter’s guide to the Ancient Greek World

  • Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction ~ Paul Cartledge
  • Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation ~ Roderick Beaton
  • The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold ~ Robin & Kathryn Waterfield

Non Fiction: Travelogues

  • Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese ~ Patrick Leigh Fermour
  • Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece ~ Patrick Leigh Fermour
  • Abducting a General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete ~ Patrick Leigh Fermour
  • Wild Abandon – A journey to the deserted places of the Dodecanses ~ Jennifer Barclay
  • The Golden Step – A walk through the Heart of Crete ~ Chrsitopher Somerville
  • Greece on my wheels ~ Edward Enfield

    An entertaining account of the author’s cycle ride through the Peloponnese

Fiction

  • Zorba the Greek ~ Nikos Kazantzakis

Podcasts

All from the “In Our Time” series with Melvyn Bragg, these podcasts are freely available to download and make an introduction to their topics.

  • Sparta

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nvz72

  • Xenophon

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011cffd

  • Thermopylae

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y278

  • Minoan Civilization

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01292ts

  • The Delphic Oracle

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00txj8d

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