The Falcon of Sparta

Beschreibung

The bestselling author of the Emperor, Conqueror and The Wars of the Roses returns to the Ancient World with a gripping adventure based on an epic true story. <BR><BR>'HIS FINEST NOVEL TO DATE . . . THE BATTLE SCENES ARE THRILLING' SUNDAY EXPRESS<BR>___________<BR><BR>In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. <BR><BR>401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India.<BR><BR>As many as fifty million people are his subjects.<BR><BR>His rule is absolute.<BR><BR>But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . .<BR><BR>Battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. <BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors.<BR><BR>The Falcon of Sparta masterfully depicts the ferocity and heroism that was the Ancient World.

It is a tale of warring ambition, betrayal and bravery and an extraordinary journey out of exile against the odds.<BR><BR>'The pace is nail-biting' THE TIMES<BR><BR><BR>Conn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestseller, June 2024

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