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Source: BBC Radio 7 "Great Inspirations"

Roundup

7-19-06

Conservative MP claims inspiration from Thucydides [audio 15min]

British conservative MP Boris Johnson talks to political journalist Anne Perkins about how he became inspired by the Greek historian Thucydides.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 7 "Great Inspirations"