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The Falcon of Sparta: The bestselling author of the Emperor and Conqueror series' returns to the Ancient World

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.

Based on one of history's most epic stories of adventure The Falcon of Sparta masterfully depicts the ferocity and heroism that was the Ancient World.

'His finest novel to date . . . The battle scenes are thrilling' Sunday Express

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ISBN 9781405921527
Author Conn Iggulden
Title The Falcon of Sparta The bestselling author of the Emperor and Conqueror series' returns to the Ancient World [electronic resource]
Publisher United Kingdom : Penguin, 2018
<p><i><b>In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others.</b></i></p><p>401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. </p><p>As many as fifty million people are his subjects. </p><p>His rule is absolute.</p><p>But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . . <br><i></i><br><i>Battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. </i></p><p>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.</p><p>Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors.</p><p><b>Based on one of history's most epic stories of adventure <i>The Falcon of Sparta</i> masterfully depicts the ferocity and heroism that was the Ancient World. </b><br><b></b><br><b>'His finest novel to date . . . The battle scenes are thrilling</b><b>' </b><i>Sunday Express</i></p>
Classification General/trade
General/trade
Subject English
eBook
Fiction
Historical fiction
Internet Site https://indyreads.libraries.nsw.gov.au/opac?id=00004649
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