The Golden Thread Vol 1: The Ancient World and Christendome

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The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, by historians Allen C. Guelzo and James Hankins, will offer a truthful and fair-minded overview of the trajectory of the Westthe complex system of customs, practices, and beliefs that has bound our society togetherfrom the ancient Greeks and Romans to medieval Christendom and Europe, and finally the modern world and America.

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James Hankins was a professor of History at Harvard University and founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library. He is widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on Renaissance philosophy and political thought. Allen C. Guelzo is a New York Times best-selling author, having published several works on Civil War-era history, including Robert E. Lee: A Life, Gettysburg: The Last Invasion, Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America.