Welcome to From Democrats to Kings

Welcome to the new blog to promote my first book, 'From Democrats to Kings' which will be launched on the 1 October 2009.

Extract: "Everyone has heard about Athenian democracy, the height of liberty in the ancient world. Everyone has heard about Alexander the Great, the most powerful despot to rule the planet. But no book – academic or popular history – has told the story about how the world of Athenian democracy morphed into the world of King Alexander. In less than 100 years, the Greek world was turned on its head and changed completely forever. This book is about that 100 years of world change. It tells the story of how a way of life which the modern western world has held up as its progenitor and ideal so quickly evolved into its antithesis. Democrats to Kings – how and why did it happen and, more importantly, why is it a story that matters for us today?"

Review: Prof. Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, University of Cambridge has reviewed the book and had this to say:

“Dr Michael Scott, a research fellow at Cambridge, is making a big splash with his first book – it is on a major historical theme and the storyline is handles with verve and original insights. The treatment is accessible and punchy, and a wide readership cannot fail to be entertained as well as instructed about a world that is both familiar and alien, modern as well as ancient"

Please get in touch and let me know what you think about the book.