Part of the reading challenge I got at the end of feb was to read a hard book. I picked this one, which is a relatively new (2013) translation of the Peloponnesian war. History is not a strong suit of mine. Neither is reading old translations. Got up and read this for a couple hours a morning for just under a month, ipad beside me looking up every second place name lol. All in all it was worthwhile. Pretty amazing to read the first ever written history book. It has definitely piqued an interest in reading more history!