The Falcon of Sparta: The gripping and battle-scarred adventure from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire
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- Synopsis
- THE GRIPPING ADVENTURE BASED ON AN EPIC TRUE STORY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF BERNARD CORNWELL 'HIS FINEST NOVEL TO DATE . . . THE BATTLE SCENES ARE THRILLING' SUNDAY EXPRESS __________ In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. 401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute. But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . . Battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy's empire, without support, without food and without water. Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors . . . __________ 'The pace is nail-biting' THE TIMESPraise for Conn Iggulden:'Here is a master at work. There is no one better at this' GILES KRISTIAN'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life. I'm blown away' ANTHONY RICHES'Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story...the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent' THE TIMES'An epic piece of historical fiction, full of political intrigue and vivid action' ROBERT FABBRI'Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction' DAILY MIRRORAuthor's novel, Empire was a Sunday Times bestseller May 2023
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 448 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781405921527
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781405937382, 9781405921534, 9781405937399
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 11/08/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Conn Iggulden
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.