The Histories of Herodotus.Volumes I and II (complete‪)‬

The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered
the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC in the
Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories tells the story of the
Greco-Persian Wars between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek city-states in
the 5th century BC. Herodotus travelled extensively around the ancient world,
conducting interviews and collecting stories for his book.

— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.