The Isle of Stone: A Novel of Ancient Sparta
With vivid prose and unswerving attention to historical detail, the author of "Empire of Ashes" spins a tale of two brothers who rise through Spartan society and meet their fate--surrounded by the Athenian navy on the barren island of Sphacteria.
With vivid prose and unswerving attention to historical detail, the author of "Empire of Ashes" spins a tale of two brothers who rise through Spartan society and meet their fate--surrounded by the Athenian navy on the barren island of Sphacteria.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451217127 (0451217128)
ASIN: 451217128
Publish date: December 6th 2005
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Entertaining book about the siege of Sphacteria, which takes place approximately 50 years after Thermopylae. The book focuses on two brothers, Epitadas and Antalcidas, who are rivals from childhood (in no small part due to their conniving mother's machinations). The two grow up in the way of Spart...
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