Jun 29
This book provides a wonderfully engaging retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae between ancient Greece and the invading Persians. Go back to the days of Greek city states and the last stand of the Spartan King as a small army of 300 Spartan Hoplites and their allies hold up the advance of 100,000 Persians for a week. Told in historical fiction 1st person by the lone Greek survivor.
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September 11th, 2005 at 8:49 pm
[...] Ten Thousand I just finished reading the book “The Ten Thousand ” by Michael Curtis Ford. If you enjoyed Gates of Fire which I previously reviewed , you willenjoy this book. It is set in ancient Greece at the close of Athens golden age. It is based on the true story of Xenophon, an Athenian, student of Socrates and soldier who hires himself out with ten thousand other Greeks to fight in the wars of neighboring Persia. It is the story of that armies victories, betrayal and heroic march home from the gates of Babylon itself. [...]
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
[...] book “The Ten Thousand ” by Michael Curtis Ford. If you enjoyed Gates of Fire which I previously reviewed , you will enjoy this book. It is set in ancient Greece at the close of Athens golden age. It is [...]