Liar...or father of history?

"When my histories were transcribed and properly rolled into scrolls for easy reading, I ventured out to recite them to the public.  

To my amazement, they were met with indifference and some were even scoffed at.  I heard whispers in the audience that I had made everything up; that I hadn't gone to all those places.  Instead of being entertained and enlightened, some in my audiences had the audacity to call me a liar!"

But Herodotus—a contemporary of Old Testament Malachi—had indeed recorded his "historie,"—the Greek word meaning "inquiry"—from his own extensive journeys.  Granted, it took an exceptionally curious Greek to leave civilization behind for nine years just to travel the northern lands, recording the past events, customs and geographical settings of these (barbaric) peoples.  No doubt about it, this was an extreme idea for 460 B.C.—but to Herodotus a fascinating one! And what mysterious, exciting and amusing things did he find and record in his travels to the distant lands of Syria, Persia and Egypt? Now YOU can find out for yourself by traveling with Herodotus...on the road to history.

From the back of the book