The Falcon of Sparta

Conn Iggulden

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MICHAEL JOSEPH
04 June 2019

Fiction & Literature; War & combat fiction; Historical fiction

In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others.

401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute.

But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones...

Battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy's empire, without support, without food and without water. Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors.

By: Conn Iggulden
Imprint: MICHAEL JOSEPH
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781405921534
ISBN 10: 1405921536
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 04 June 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today. He has written three previous bestselling historical series, including Wars of the Roses. Dunstan is a stand-alone novel set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England.

Reviews for The Falcon of Sparta

Pacey and juicy, and packed with action * Sunday Times * One of our finest historical novelists * Daily Express * Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story. The pace is nail-biting and the set-dressing magnificent * The Times * Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction * Daily Mirror * His finest novel to date, brings alive the extraordinary world of ancient Persia, as well as the ruthless nobility of the Spartans. The battle scenes are thrilling and the men who fight in them are impeccably portrayed * Sunday Express *