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The gates of Athens / Conn Iggulden.

Iggulden, Conn, (author.).

Summary:

"In ancient Greece an army of slaves gathers on the plains of Marathon...Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army--swollen by 10,000 warriors known as The Immortals--have come to subjugate the Greeks. In their path, vastly outnumbered, stands an army of freeborn Athenians. Among them is a clever, fearsome, and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus. Against all odds, the Athenians emerge victorious. 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. Traitors and exiles abound. Trust is at a low ebb when the Persians cross the Hellespont in ever greater numbers in their second attempt 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"-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781643136660
  • ISBN: 1643136666
  • Physical Description: 443 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
First published in a slightly different form in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, in 2020.
"A novel"--Jacket.
Subject: Darius I, King of Persia, 548 B.C.-485 B.C. > Fiction.
Kings and rulers > Fiction.
Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C. > Fiction.
Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C. > Fiction.
Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. > Fiction.
Athens (Greece) > History > Fiction.
Sparta (Extinct city) > History > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Biographical fiction.

Available copies

  • 10 of 11 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library FICTION IGGULDEN 2021 (Text) 0001002431714 Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Harrisonville F IGG 2021 (Text) 0002205540079 Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center F IGG 2021 (Text) 0002205540061 Adult Fiction Available -
Polk County Library-Bolivar FIC IGG (Text) 34531000311295 Fiction Checked out 05/11/2024
Poplar Bluff - Main Library FIC IGGULDEN ATHENIAN #1 (Text) 38420101721096 FICTION Available -
Scenic Regional-Pacific FIC IGG (Text) 3007255511 Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-St. Clair FIC IGG (Text) 300725552+ Fiction Available -
Trails Regional-Knob Noster FIC IGG (Text) 2205028257 Adult Fiction Available -
Trails Regional-Lexington FIC IGG (Text) 2205028265 Adult Fiction Available -
Webster County-Main Library-Marshfield HISTORICAL FICTION Iggulden (Text) 3991258652 * Adult Historical Fiction Available -


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