Book reviews of author Paul Chrystal.
‘The author has an extraordinarily comprehensive knowledge of classical history – The Historian ‘Chrystal triumphs in terms of sources and detailed narratives, written in clear prose (no academic jargon) with gusto and humour . . . A breathtaking assembly of ancient sources, unlikely to be bettered.’ – Fortean Times ‘The efforts of a Robert Ripley […]
The efforts of a Robert Ripley or the Weekly World News are more recent examples, but the tradition of paradoxography – writings about the unusual, the miraculous, and the absurd – runs back to Hellenistic Greece and beyond, including Aristotle, Callimachus, Cicero, and Pliny alongside lesser-known practitioners. In this connection the historian Chrystal’s new Miracula […]
The efforts of a Robert Ripley or the Weekly World News are more recent examples, but the tradition of paradoxography – writings about the unusual, the miraculous, and the absurd – runs back to Hellenistic Greece and beyond, including Aristotle, Callimachus, Cicero, and Pliny alongside lesser-known practitioners. In this connection the historian Chrystal’s new Miracula […]
‘If you want a comprehensive guide to the Roman footprint in the north of England, then this is the book for you… The book reads easily – a real achieve- ment given the wealth of information and the range of facts included – and never gets bogged down as so many books on the subject […]
‘Old York brings us 150 photographs dating back to the late 19th century; they are not just the usual stuff – the book is enhanced by the inclusion of a number of rarely seen images from the Evelyn Collection (held by the Yorkshire Architectural & York Archaeological Society) and by photos from the extensive archives […]
For clear, well-organised and thorough information on the subject, it would be hard to find a book that covers so much ground so economically’. Peter Jones MBE, BBC History Magazine ‘Fascinating and unsettling…a useful overview of all things intimate in ancient Greece’. Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology
‘Drawn from an impressive range of sources…racy and enlightening’. Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology ‘An excellent read…Chrystal is an informative and engaging guide’. All About History Magazine ‘An impressive piece of work, not least because of the wealth of evidence and the number of references to ancient sources’. Dr […]
Chrystal’s work has given us a study remarkable for its detail and the breadth of its scope, an analysis backed up with ample referencing… a work of considerable scholarship and insight, one that anyone with an interest in ancient warfare will not be able to ignore’. Dr Stanley Ireland, Department of Classics & Ancient History, […]