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Book SynopsisThe 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.
''HIS FINEST NOVEL TO DATE . . . THE BATTLE SCENES ARE THRILLING'' SUNDAY EXPRESS
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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 again
Trade Review
His finest novel to date, brings alive the extraordinary world of ancient Persia, as well as the ruthless nobility of the Spartans. The battle scenes are thrilling and the men who fight in them are impeccably portrayed * Sunday Express *
Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction * Daily Mirror *
Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story. The pace is nail-biting and the set-dressing magnificent * The Times *
One of our finest historical novelists * Daily Express *
Pacey and juicy, and packed with action * Sunday Times *
