When Brian de Jongh's two classic Companion Guides, Southern Greece and
Mainland Greece, were first published they were greeted with acclaim and
immediately established themselves as essential guides. They have now
been combined into this single volume, covering the whole of the Greek
mainland. This new edition has been thoroughly revised by John Gandon
(Brian de Jongh's nephew) and Geoffrey Graham-Bell, taking into account
both new archaeological discoveries and recent development.
Brian de Jongh combined an expert knowledge of history, archaeology and
mythology with a profound understanding of the Greek people and a
feeling for the landscape which inspired their myths and monuments: he
describes a country that he loved and much of which Pausanias, writing
almost two thousand years ago, would still recognise. This book is, more
than ever, the most indispensable of all modern guides toGreece.