Iggulden, Conn, <br/><br/>
THE GATES OF ATHENS / 
Conn Iggulden 
 - xv, 442 pages :  maps ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Map on the cover of the book 
<br/><br/> 	<br/>"490 BC. King Darius of Persia has brought about a golden age, a world of prosperity and peace. He would make the Greeks part of that greater nation, if they would just lay down their spears and shields - and call him king. The people of Athens have known tyrants before. Instead of kings, they have the Assembly, where each man can vote and be heard. Though a vast empire shakes the earth, they will not give up what they have won. When the enemy comes, Athenians march to a place known as Marathon. Those present will set the path for all Greece: Aeschylus the playwright, Themistocles the self-made man, Aristides the Just - and Xanthippus, father to Pericles. In time, another son of Persia will decide their fates. He will bring a great host, a leviathan of land and sea. Yet as waves crash against the shore at Thermopylae, a small force may yet choose to stand against him - and refuse to give away."--Publisher description.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780241351246  RM81.50 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Darius I, King of Persia,  548 B.C.-485 B.C 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kings and rulers --Fiction<br/>Athens (Greece) --History  --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History <br/>Historical fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>823.92