{"product_id":"plutarch-parallel-lives-volume-1-hardcover","title":"Plutarch's Parallel Lives, Vol. I (Hardcover)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRestored Classic \/ Ancient History \/ Leadership \/ Character\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore leadership books, there were lives worth studying.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNearly two thousand years ago, Plutarch asked a question that still matters: what does power reveal about character?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eParallel Lives\u003c\/em\u003e, the Greek philosopher and biographer placed the great figures of Greece beside those of Rome, examining how ambition, courage, judgment, discipline, pride, loyalty, and failure shaped both the individual and the state. Written in the early second century AD, the work became one of history's great studies of leadership through human lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume I begins at the foundations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Theseus and Romulus, legendary founders whose stories sit between history and myth. Enter the worlds of Lycurgus and Numa, lawmakers who shaped Sparta and Rome. Follow Solon and Publicola, Themistocles and Camillus, Pericles and Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, and Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are lives about building cities, writing laws, commanding armies, surviving political rivalry, winning public loyalty, losing it, and discovering what happens when personal character collides with public power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Trumpet Publishing House edition forms part of our historic restoration and modernization project, returning foundational works to contemporary readers while preserving the intelligence, texture, and moral complexity of the original. Modern reader support brings Plutarch's ancient world into clearer reach without reducing his figures to heroes and villains. Plutarch's method is more demanding than that. He asks readers to compare. To judge. And finally, to ask what they themselves would have done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe empires are gone. The questions of character remain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover | \u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Plutarch | \u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Work:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early second century AD | \u003cstrong\u003eHistoric Four-Volume Translation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aubrey Stewart and George Long | \u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Restored and Modernized by Trumpet Publishing House\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolume I includes Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Numa, Solon, Publicola, Themistocles, Camillus, Pericles, Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Timoleon, and Aemilius Paulus.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable internationally. Australian readers - paperback edition available locally.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for the perfect gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/plutarch-parallel-lives-complete-set-bespoke-edition\"\u003eBespoke Complete 4-Volume Set\u003c\/a\u003e features foil dust jackets, ribbon bookmarks, high-quality glossy paper, and a personalized name or message.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA two-thousand-year-old study of the people who built civilizations and the character that determined what happened next.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery book purchased directly from trumpetpublishinghouse.com plants a tree. Because great ideas deserve a living legacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Trumpet Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53988924490044,"sku":"TPH-HC-PPL-V1-001","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/3650\/1820\/files\/14.png?v=1786745302","url":"https:\/\/trumpetpublishinghouse.com\/products\/plutarch-parallel-lives-volume-1-hardcover","provider":"Trumpet Publishing House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}