Spartan

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.

Title - Spartan

Edition -

Author - Valerio Massimo Manfredi

ISBN 13 - 9780330491020

Imprint - Pan Books

Publisher - Pan Macmillan

Date Published - 03/02/2006

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 130 x 198 x 28mm

Weight - 317 g

Languages - English