The Gates of Athens
The Athenian Series, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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George Blagden
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By:
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Conn Iggulden
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Devour the latest epic tale of ancient Greece and Sunday Times top five best seller from the author of War of the Roses.
On the plains of Marathon an army of slaves gathers....
Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army - swollen by 10,000 Immortal warriors - have come to subjugate the Greeks.
In their path stands an army of freeborn Athenians and among them is fearsome and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus.
Knowing defeat means slavery lends keenness to his already sharp blade....
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, when the Persians cross the Hellespont in ever greater numbers to raze Athens to the ground.
Facing overwhelming forces by land and sea, the Athenians call on their Spartan allies for assistance - to delay the Persians at the treacherous pass of Thermopylae....
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- A
- 16-01-2023
Well read.
Good book true events with a very interesting presentation. Well described battle actions on land and sea.
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- A BOOK READER
- 13-08-2020
Interesting... AND VERY GOOD!
I did think we were going to be same Greco-Persian War timeline books after the Falcon of Sparta, and I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy them. However, I was pleasantly surprised! This first book was excellent, and a I can’t wait for the next one! However, be warned of you already know a little about this time-line, it does take a bit of the suspense out of it.
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- Daniel
- 27-09-2020
Can't wait to listen to the next one!
Listened to it almost non-stop. Keep it up Conn! Good work narrator! Do a viking one next!
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- Kilian
- 06-01-2023
Enjoyable story
Good framing of the historical context as it flowed well. Fascinating point in history, only dislike was that some of the greek dialogue was a bit repetitive. Would definitely recommend!
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- Victor
- 19-10-2020
Incredible!! A must read! Can’t wait for part 2
Amazing writing. Very interesting.
Exciting and informative.
Would recommend this to those who enjoyed Conn’s genghis khan series.
Or those who enjoy hostorical fiction books.
Brilliant.
I can’t wait for the next part!
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- Anonymous User
- 04-09-2020
Was conn on a word count
I made it to 7 hours and enough is enough nothing happened not even a good dialogue. this book will need to be 30 hours long before it went anywhere. Just terrible.
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