Spartan - Softcover

Manfredi, Valerio Massimo

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330491024 ISBN 13: 9780330491020

Publisher: Pan Books, 2006

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Herodotus tells us that not all of the three hundred Spartan warriors died at the hands of Xerxes, King of the Persians, in the battle of the Thermopylae: two were saved bringing a life-saving message back to the city...

This is the saga of a Spartan family, torn apart by a cruel law that forces them to abandon one of their two sons - born lame - to the elements. The elder son, Brithos, is raised in the caste of the warriors, while the other, Talos, is spared a cruel death and is raised by a Helot shepherd, among the peasants.

They live out their story in a world dominated by the clash between the Persian empire and the city-states of Greece - a ferocious, relentless conflict - until the voice of their blood and of human solidarity unites them in a thrilling, singular enterprise.

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Remarkable . . . one of life’s unalloyed pleasures: praise for Valerio Massimo Manfredi (New York Times)

Book Description:

An epic story of passion, courage and adventure in ancient Sparta, by the author of the Alexander trilogy

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