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Spartan: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Spartan: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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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 escaped to bring a 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. Cover art by Larry Rostant.
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Large paperback; faint cover crease; no spine creases; decent reading copy; tightly bound and clean within, Modern LiteratureShare
