Your Daily Penguin: Livy!

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[brettstreutker]

Aubrey De Selincourt was an amazing man. He was classically educated in some of the best English Public Schools.He flew for the RAF in WW I and was shot down - spending several years in a POW camp. He also translated Penguins version of Herodotus' Histories and wrote an amazing book called "The World of Herodotus".

[damianp]

Wish I would have caught these videos when you posted them but I'm enjoying going back through them all the same. Loving the Daily Penguin. Thank you. Steve.

[paulgriffin]

Your enthusiasm is infectious and I can't wait to read Livy.

[battybibliophile-Clare]

The Selincourt translations are still in print with Penguin, fortunately. I bought them as the result of watching this video. Thanks Steve, I absolutely love this series.

[mattierosss]

Tired of the daily penguins!? Never! I enjoy hearing you talk about these ancient writers and their fascinating backgrounds.

[Commrade]

We’re not getting tired! I love your daily penguin and especially all your thoughts on the classical authors and books! Keep doing your daily penguin everyday!

I’m halfway through Rome and Italy right now and I love it. I’m a classical history nerd and started at the beginning and have lived every page. I agree with you completely on how engrossing and exciting and fun it is to read Livy.

[txmatt]

For me this is my education of classical literature. I swear I don’t remember these being taught in college. I may not get to read all of these but I’m learning and getting a better foundation of the basics that I have forgotten or was never taught. Thank you for this service!

[Janisarahmed]

Great commentary. Just got my copy with De Selincourt’s translation. Can’t thank you enough for a treasure trove of fascinating and insightful reviews. I’m so amazed at the depth of knowledge you share about especially classical authors!

[danthebookhunter]

I do hope you continue with the Daily Penguin 🐧. It is something I look forward to every day and has really made me understand how much we have lost of the writing of the ancient world. It makes me appreciate what has survived even more!

[acruelreadersthesis]

Nothing could’ve gotten me closer to pulling down my War with Hannibal off my bookcase than this video!

[carolinasiqueira]

I read the first book of Livy last year and I loved it. The only reason I didn't read the other ones is that I had a deadline to read other things. As soon as I am back at the same continent as my copy I will get back to reading Livy.
Yesterday I was watching a documentary in netflix about the Ottoman empire and it was one of this post-game of thrones history documentaries, with actors reannacting great chuncks of it, with a lot of unnecessary sex and violence and from time to time it cuts to some historian. It made me thing about what you were saying about Livy' approach to writing history. I think these documentaries go about it in a similar way, I am sure they are sticking to the things that we know for certain, but they have no problem inserting a flashback Mehmed when his mother told him that he had to go live in court or a conversation between the chief of the mercenaries and the princess of Constantinople.

[pennygraham]

Thank you for this Livy session. Always my favourite and the best. Memories abound.

[Kim_Traveling_in_Books]

Definitely not tired of DAILY Penguins!

[lj]

Have you heard that penguin classics is coming out with an edition of anatomy of melancholy in July? These are great btw! I can't wait to get to read Livy!

[Wilsonn_esquire]

I've just downloaded all these volumes! brilliant! thank you, Steve!

[lydiafeliciano]

Loved my first reading of The War with Hanibal! Can't wait for a reread. Thanks for introducing me to Livy!

[MayberryBookclub]

I just ordered the whole of Livy. Again, as always, terrific discussion.

[theaelizabet]

NOT AT ALL TIRED of the Daily Penguin!...but if you need some variety, I suppose we’ll understand.

[davidthomas]

I do enjoy your commentary on the the Penguin Classics. I am currently reading their "Ten Days That Shook the World". I hope that when you get to the 20th century that you review it. I would love to hear your thought on it.

[breoganf]

Perhaps I am really biased but this is some if not the best content BookTube has to offer. I subscribe to the many comments below indicating we are not tired. If there are other reasons then, by all means, do the next one on Monday but not on our account. Thanks as always for sharing your books, wisdom and passion with us.