The Gates of Athens
Book One in the Athenian series
$24.69
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2021
Summary
Two and a half thousand years ago, the Greeks and the Persians fought an epic battle to decide the future of our world. This is their story.
490 B.C. Two great empires are about to go to war.
The momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems will last for twenty-seven years (431 to 404 BC). It will end in the fall of a dynasty.
Filled with cunning political scheming, astonishing military prowess, invasions, treacheries, plagues, amb…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405937351 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405937351 |
| Author: | Conn Iggulden |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Athenian |
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Thrilling retelling … It’s a brilliant read, and his description of the Battle of Thermopylae is simply a stunning - and inspiring - piece of writing * Cotswold Life *Praise for Conn Iggulden * - *An absolutely cracking story. The pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent * The Times *Absorbing and bloody – Antonia SeniorPeopled with characters so finely honed the story becomes a gripping and glorious legend. Brilliant! * Weekend Sport *Breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times * Star *
About The Author
Conn Iggulden
CONN IGGULDEN is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today, with bestselling series on Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and the Wars of the Roses, as well as two stand-alone novels- Dunstan, set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England and The Falcon of Sparta, in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. Both instalments of his Athenian series, The Gates of Athens and Protector, and his recent Golden Age series, Lion and Empire, are Sunday Times bestsellers. Tyrant follows on from the Sunday Times bestselling Nero in Iggulden’s most recent series.
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