📗 Libro en inglés THE GATES OF ATHENS : BOOK ONE OF ATHENIAN
DK - 9780241351239
Sinopsis de THE GATES OF ATHENS : BOOK ONE OF ATHENIAN
On the plains of Marathon an army of slaves gathers . . .
Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army - swollen by 10,000 Immortal warriors - have come to subjugate the Greeks.
In their path stands an army of freeborn Athenians, and among them is fearsome and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus.
Knowing defeat means slavery lends keenness to his already sharp blade . . .
Yet people soon forget that freedom is bought with blood.
Ten years later, Xanthippus watches helplessly as Athens succumbs to the bitter politics of factionalism, when the Persians cross the Hellespont in ever greater numbers to raze Athens to the ground.
Facing overwhelming forces by land and sea, the Athenians call on their Spartan allies for assistance - to delay the Persians at the treacherous pass of Thermopylae . . .
Featuring two of the most famous battles of the Ancient World - the Battle of Marathon and the Last Stand at Thermopylae - The Gates of Athens is a bravura piece of storytelling in which a people, driven to preserve their freedom at any cost, committed acts both base and noble.
Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army - swollen by 10,000 Immortal warriors - have come to subjugate the Greeks.
In their path stands an army of freeborn Athenians, and among them is fearsome and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus.
Knowing defeat means slavery lends keenness to his already sharp blade . . .
Yet people soon forget that freedom is bought with blood.
Ten years later, Xanthippus watches helplessly as Athens succumbs to the bitter politics of factionalism, when the Persians cross the Hellespont in ever greater numbers to raze Athens to the ground.
Facing overwhelming forces by land and sea, the Athenians call on their Spartan allies for assistance - to delay the Persians at the treacherous pass of Thermopylae . . .
Featuring two of the most famous battles of the Ancient World - the Battle of Marathon and the Last Stand at Thermopylae - The Gates of Athens is a bravura piece of storytelling in which a people, driven to preserve their freedom at any cost, committed acts both base and noble.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Dk
ISBN: 9780241351239
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 464
Tiempo de lectura:
9h 36m
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Fecha de lanzamiento: 19/10/2020
Año de edición: 2020
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Conn Iggulden
CONN IGGULDEN es autor de la saga La guerra de las Dos Rosas (Duomo ediciones), convertida en bestseller mundial. Nacido en la capital británica en 1971, estudió Filología Inglesa en la Universidad de Londres y fue docente durante siete años, hasta que decidió dedicarse a la escritura de manera exclusiva. Irrumpió con fuerza en la escena literaria con sus novelas históricas, convirtiéndose en uno de los autores más leídos del momento. Sus libros combinan imaginación, historia y aventuras. Ha escrito sobre Gengis Kan y el Imperio romano, entre otros temas. En la actualidad, vive en Hertfordshire con su esposa y sus hijos. Duomo ediciones ha publicado, con una gran acogida entre los lectores, su exitosa saga histórica La guerra de las Dos Rosas, el primer título de su serie El Imperio de sal, El halcón de Esparta y Las puertas de Atenas.
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