Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West -- Tom Holland, Paperback

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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West -- Tom Holland, PaperbackA "sweeping popular account" (The Seattle Times) of how Athens and Sparta withstood an assault from the Persian Empire in the cradle of Western civilization, from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and co host of the hit podcast The Rest Is History "Excellent. . . . There is an even handedness in Holland's treatment of both Greek and Persian cultural riches that is rare in popular accounts of these wars." The Sunday Times (London) In the fifth century B.

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