Marathon - Freedom or Death
(Sprache: Englisch)
The second volume in the Marathon series, featuring the battle of Marathon itself.
The second volume in the Marathon series, featuring the battle of Marathon itself.
The second volume in the Marathon series, featuring the battle of Marathon itself.
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The second volume in the Marathon series, featuring the battle of Marathon itself.
The second volume in the Marathon series, featuring the battle of Marathon itself.
The second volume in the Marathon series, featuring the battle of Marathon itself.
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The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC was one of history's great turning points. The first time the Greeks managed to defeat the Persians in a pitched battle, it enabled the rise of classical Greek civilisation. As John Stuart Mill famously put it, 'The Battle of Marathon, even as an event in British history, is more important than the Battle of Hastings.' Without it, the modern world as we know it would not exist.
Christian Cameron's epic retelling of the battle will bring it alive, with all of its human drama and tragedy, as never before. The Greeks do not always behave well - in fact, many readers may come to see them as ignorant and bigoted as compared to the multicultural Persians, who for some, actually bring greater freedom - at least for a while. The heroic Militiades, who led the Greeks at Marathon and then died in exile, a ruined man, was a fatally flawed character. His opponent, The Persian King Darius, was guilty of vaulting ambition and hubris, but he combined it with personal integrity and vast generosity. And in the middle, torn between two cultures, one of which has already made him a slave, we find Arimnestos, ancestor of the Kineas of the Tyrant books: nicknamed 'Killer of Men', he will lead a decisive contingent of infantry in the thickest of the battle...
Autoren-Porträt von Christian Cameron
Cameron, ChristianChristian Cameron is a writer and military historian. He participates in re-enacting and experimental archaeology, teaches armoured fighting and historical swordsmanship, and takes his vacations with his family visiting battlefields, castles and cathedrals. He lives in Toronto and is busy writing his next novel.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Christian Cameron
- 2011, 400 Seiten, Maße: 23,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Orion Publishing Group
- ISBN-10: 1409114090
- ISBN-13: 9781409114093
Sprache:
Englisch
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