Persian Fire - The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Author - Tom Holland
Published by - Doubleday
Year published - 2005
Genre - Greek and Roman
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author includes a full background on each side in the war. He provides the narrative showing the Persians as an expanding monolithic empire and the Greeks as a collection of feuding city states. That adds up to a lot of narrative. He then delivers straightforward insights on the different cultures that help explain the events that followed. The author makes the reader feel that the experienced the events.
Notes.
Author - Tom Holland
Published by - Doubleday
Year published - 2005
Genre - Greek and Roman
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author includes a full background on each side in the war. He provides the narrative showing the Persians as an expanding monolithic empire and the Greeks as a collection of feuding city states. That adds up to a lot of narrative. He then delivers straightforward insights on the different cultures that help explain the events that followed. The author makes the reader feel that the experienced the events.
Notes.
Author - Tom Holland
Published by - Doubleday
Year published - 2005
Genre - Greek and Roman
Book Format - Hard cover
Summary
The author includes a full background on each side in the war. He provides the narrative showing the Persians as an expanding monolithic empire and the Greeks as a collection of feuding city states. That adds up to a lot of narrative. He then delivers straightforward insights on the different cultures that help explain the events that followed. The author makes the reader feel that the experienced the events.
Notes.
