01871nam a2200301 i 4500 OSt 20211101125638.0 211101s2020 enkb g 000 f eng d 9780241351246 RM81.50 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 823.92 823.92 IGG G Iggulden, Conn, author. THE GATES OF ATHENS / Conn Iggulden United Kingdom : Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2020. xv, 442 pages : maps ; 23 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Map on the cover of the book "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. Darius I, King of Persia, 548 B.C.-485 B.C Kings and rulers Fiction Athens (Greece) History Fiction. History Historical fiction ddc B 185809 185809 0 0 PPAK G 2021-11-14 3 823.92 IGG A01709533 2023-08-06 14:54:36 2023-07-18 B 0 0 SP G 2021-11-14 1 823.92 IGG A01709534 2025-01-25 17:18:50 2025-01-11 B 0 0 LW G 2021-11-14 1 823.92 IGG A01709535 2023-05-09 00:00:00 2023-05-07 B 0 0 KM G 2021-11-14 3 1 823.92 IGG A01709536 2025-06-16 05:13:02 2025-06-01 B