{"product_id":"the-falcon-of-sparta-9781405921534","title":"The Falcon of Sparta","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Conn Iggulden\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConn Iggulden, the bestselling author of the Emperor, Conqueror and The Wars of the Roses series' returns to the Ancient World with a ferociously bloody epic . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIn the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs many as fifty million people are his subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis rule is absolute.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThough the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . . \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy's empire, without support, without food and without water.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFar from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBased on one of history's most epic stories of adventure The Falcon of Sparta masterfully depicts the ferocity, heroism, and savage bloodshed that was the Ancient World.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087067865239,"sku":"9781405921534","price":630.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781405921534.webp?v=1767639913","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-falcon-of-sparta-9781405921534","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}