I just finished reading the 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 based on the true story of Xenophon, an Athenian, student ...

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 ...

It is only coincidental that I was reading this book during the point last year when we took in a Turkish exchange student to live with us. We had been talking about a trip to Greece and I was interested in the more recent history of the region. In general, I found this book to ...