Evoking two of the most famous battles of the Ancient Worldâthe Battle of Marathon and the Last Stand at Thermopylaeâ The Gates of Athens is a bravura piece of storytelling by a wellacclaimed master ofthehistorical adventure novel. In the new epic historical novel by New York Times bestsellingauthor Conn Iggulden, in ancient Greece an army of slaves gatherson the plains of Marathon...Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian armyâswollen by 10, 000 warriors known as The Immortalsâhave come to subjugate the Greeks. In their path, vastly outnumbered, stands an army of freeborn Athenians. Among them is a clever, fearsome, and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus. Against all odds, theAthenians emerge victorious.Yet people soon forget that freedom is bought with blood.Ten years later, Xanthippus watches helplessly as Athens succumbs to the bitter politics of factionalism. Traitors and exiles abound. Trust is at a low ebb when the Persians cross the Hellespont in ever greater numbers in their second attempt to raze Athens to the ground.Facing overwhelming forces by land and sea, the Athenians call on their Spartan allies for assistanceâto delay the Persians at the treacherous pass of Thermopylae...
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The Gates of Athens
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LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Prologue
- Part One: 490 BC
- Part Two: 482 BC
- Historical Note
- About the Author
- Copyright
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