Lion /
by Iggulden, Conn.
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BookSeries: golden age: Publisher: UK : Michael Joseph, 2022Description: ix, 414 pages : map (colour) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780241513125 (hbk.) :; 024151312X (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Cimon, -approximately 450 B.C -- Fiction | Historical | Historical | Ancient Greece | BCE period - Protohistory | Historical adventure fiction | War & combat fiction | Historical fiction | Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. -- Fiction | Historical fictionSummary: Witness the story of one of the great lives of ancient Greece. Cimon, son to Miltiades who commanded at Marathon, is a washed-out young drunk. He is as much a disappointment to himself as he is to his family. The Persians are back on Athenian shores, attempting yet another invasion. But the breaking of Athens may well be the making of Cimon. As he hand-picks a crew to burn out Persian strongholds on the islands of Eioin, defeats pirates on Skiros, and discovers the bones of the hero Theseus, Cimon begins to live up to his destiny. He will became the greatest strategos of Athens, the lion of a new generation.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Bootle Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003106394X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003106393X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003106390X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003106391X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Reserve Collection Reserve Collection | Adult Fiction | Available | 003106389X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 29/10/2024 | 003106388X |
Map on lining paper.
Witness the story of one of the great lives of ancient Greece. Cimon, son to Miltiades who commanded at Marathon, is a washed-out young drunk. He is as much a disappointment to himself as he is to his family. The Persians are back on Athenian shores, attempting yet another invasion. But the breaking of Athens may well be the making of Cimon. As he hand-picks a crew to burn out Persian strongholds on the islands of Eioin, defeats pirates on Skiros, and discovers the bones of the hero Theseus, Cimon begins to live up to his destiny. He will became the greatest strategos of Athens, the lion of a new generation.
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