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Who has come to closest? Why has it been so difficult to emulate the master and founder?

>> No.15936452
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>>15936442
>implying

>> No.15936472

>>15936452
French Revolution a good place to start with him?

>> No.15936497

>>15936472
Lmao no, read On Heroes, then Sartor Resartus. And THEN you can start French Revolution and from that proceed to his other works.

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His continuation of course.

>> No.15936591

>>15936579
Is there any history /lit/ chart? I know about herodotus, thucydides, gibbon and Carlyle are there any other historians worth reading?

>> No.15936597

>>15936579
Seems interesting.
Did he have access to sources that we don't today?
I'll still pick it up and read it more akin to a Discourses on Livy if not.

>> No.15936614

>>15936597
>>15936591
>Thucy.
oof was thinking about Tacitus which also an answer to OP

>> No.15936620

>>15936614
I've got Tacitus on my shelf. Working through Livy right now.
Livy seems good but unremarkable if that makes sense. I'm still in the first 5 books, I expect his coverage of 2nd Punic to be much better.

>> No.15936643

>>15936579
>>15936591
g*bbontards

>> No.15936800

>>15936591
Shelby Foote