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Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. The first world empire and the battle for the west by. He is the author of the novels the bone hunter, slave of my thirst, and lord of the dead, and several nonfiction history books, including rubicon, persian fire, and the histories, a new translation of herodotus. While he may perhaps stretch a point a bit too far, i know of few other authors that invigorate history with such prosaic majesty and biting wit. There is no competing popular book describing these events. Can someone give me a summary of the book persian fire by tom holland. Historian tom holland is the author of several nonfiction works of history, including rubicon, persian fire, and the forge of christendom. The untold story, a documentary commissioned for channel 4 in britain.
Tom hollands brilliant new book describes the very first clash of empires between east and west. Sep 24, 2005 persian fire tom holland little, brown. Tom holland s gift lies in capturing the spirit and feeling of an age as if you were living through it yourself. The first world empire and the battle for the west by tom holland 418pp, little, brown. Persian fire, his history of the graecopersian wars, won the anglohellenic leagues runciman award in 2006. Finding myself doing a lot of motorway driving and finding both the radio and my cd collection tedious, i decided to have a go at audio books, starting off with holland s rubicon, which i had simply not found the time to read in printed form. Thats what herodotus wanted to know, and this lively history of the persian wars ventures a few answers. Tom hollands brilliant study of these critical persian wars skillfully examines a conflict of critical importance to both ancient and modern history. He starts out with the rise of persia, and how it took over from the story of persia vs the greeks is one that has told many times over the centuries.
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Review of persian fire regardless of the subject matter, i shall read hollands works. Tom hollands persian fire tries, and largely succeeds in expanding the persian point of view. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Finding myself doing a lot of motorway driving and finding both the radio and my cd collection tedious, i decided to have a go at audio books, starting off with hollands rubicon, which i had simply not found the time to read in printed form. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
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