Description: "The tragic story of ancient Greece's last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination."--Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes: "A close look at the greatest orator of his time."--Kirkus Reviews
"As classicist Romm celebrates Demosthenes' rhetorical talent and tracks his rise and fall, he also presents a rich, all-too-familiar panorama of a society careening between democracy and oligarchy, peace and chaos."--Brendan Driscoll, Booklist "James Romm's lively and informative biography of a great Athenian statesman is at once an insightful biography and a dramatic retelling of Athens's doomed struggle with a rising imperial power."--Josiah Ober, coauthor of The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives