Persian Fire First World Empire Battle West

Tom Hollands bestselling account of the worlds very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BCMagisterial... told with great authority and a novelistic colour and verve Books of the Year, IndependentHolland has a rare eye for detail, drama and the telling anecdoteDominic Sandbrook, Daily TelegraphAn unequivocal argument for the relevance of ancient history ObserverHolland brings this tumultuous, epochmaking period dazzlingly to life William Napier, Independent on SundayIn the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold and men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater Greece. The story of how their citizens took on the most powerful man on the planet is as heartstopping as any episode in history. | Tom Holland Persian Fire : The First World Empire, Battle for the West