The New York Times Book Review
- Caroline Alexander
…[Connelly's] exciting and revelatory history of that high temple of classical enlightenment…serves as a bracing reminder that first-rate scholarship not only takes no visible fact for granted, but also digs deep into the unknown unknowns…Connelly convinces, with a presentation that is broad and deep. Some may find the level of detail heavy going, but it is necessary. Connelly is not offering a hypothesis but a closely researched, deeply considered proof. Her style is that of a patient guide…her book is that rare thing: the exposition of a truly great idea, and a reminder of what a thrilling subject the past, that foreign country, can be.
