Cyrus The Great
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Cyrus The Great

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Cyrus The Great

About this book

Cyrus the Great was a brilliant general who founded the Persian Empire, greatest empire of its day. He was also the king who freed the Jews from exile at Babylon and allowed them to return to Jerusalem, with the Bible describing him as the only non Jew "anointed by god." Cyrus influenced the US Bill of Rights, and is the biblical figure to whom US President Donald Trump has been favorably compared by Christian evangelicals and the Prime Minister of Israel.

In this first ever modern biography of Cyrus, noted historical biographer and author of 43 books Stephen Dando-Collins describes Cyrus' fraught youth, his rise to power via rebellion, his dashing military campaigns that destroyed the Median, Lydian and Babylonian empires, and his uniquely magnanimous reign. 

With his usual depth of research and highly readable narrative Dando-Collins cuts through myth and folklore to deliver a fascinating account of a fascinating life.

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Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Introduction: Our Sources on Cyrus
  7. Chapter 1: Kill the Child
  8. Chapter 2: Deporting the Jews to Babylon
  9. Chapter 3: The Boy in the Basket
  10. Chapter 4: Saved by the Magi
  11. Chapter 5: Jerusalem Destroyed
  12. Chapter 6: In the Court of the King
  13. Chapter 7: Leading the Persian Revolt
  14. Chapter 8: Cyrus’s First Battle
  15. Chapter 9: Battle of the Border
  16. Chapter 10: Battle of Pasargadae: The Fall of Astyages
  17. Chapter 11: A Mighty Empire Will Be Destroyed
  18. Chapter 12: Croesus Versus Cyrus
  19. Chapter 13: Sardis: The Fallen Helmet
  20. Chapter 14: Killing a King
  21. Chapter 15: Feet of Clay
  22. Chapter 16: Marching on Babylon
  23. Chapter 17: The Writing Is on the Wall for Nabonidus
  24. Chapter 18: Cyrus Frees the Jews of Babylon
  25. Chapter 19: “Do Not Grudge Me My Monument”
  26. Chapter 20: The Sons of Cyrus
  27. Chapter 21: Darius and the Jerusalem Temple
  28. Epilogue: Was Cyrus Great? And Is There a Modern Parallel?
  29. Afterword
  30. Endnotes
  31. Bibliography
  32. Index