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Tom Swan and the Last Spartans

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398718937

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Following on from Tom Swan and the Head of St George and Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade, Tom Swan and the Last Spartans is the third instalment of the fast-paced series set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century. Fifteenth Century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Four

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409165880

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Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Four by Christian Cameron Pdf

The latest instalment of the Tom Swan adventures - the fast-paced serialised novel set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century.

Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part One

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409163411

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Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part One by Christian Cameron Pdf

Fifteenth-century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Five

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409165897

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Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Five by Christian Cameron Pdf

The latest instalment of the Tom Swan adventures - the fast-paced serialised novel set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century. Available exclusively in eBook.

Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Three

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409165873

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Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Three by Christian Cameron Pdf

The latest instalment of the Tom Swan adventures - the fast-paced serialised novel set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century.

Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Four: Rome

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409145608

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Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Four: Rome by Christian Cameron Pdf

Rome: part four of a fast-paced serialised novel set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is badly wounded in a desperate sea fight. When he wakes in a hospital, he's in one of the last towns in Greece holding out against the Turks. And there aren't any women to be found. Rich men vie to hire him, and they all seem to want the same thing - a fabulous jewel made for Alexander the Great. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a thief and a little bit of a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution in part one, he begins a series of adventures that take him to the high seas, bedrooms in Constantinople and street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - Cyriaco of Ancona and Sultan Mehmet II and the whole Sforza family - and from the intrigues of Rome to the Jewish Ghetto in Venice.

Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Two

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409163428

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Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Two by Christian Cameron Pdf

Fifteenth-century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part One: Castillon

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409127215

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Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part One: Castillon by Christian Cameron Pdf

Castillon: Part One of a fast-paced serialised novel set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century. 1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398707559

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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter by Christian Cameron Pdf

THE BRAND NEW ADVENTURE FROM 'THE MASTER OF HISTORICAL FICTION' (SUNDAY TIMES) TOM SWAN - SOLDIER, SCHOLAR, BASTARD, SPY. Tom Swan and his friends are trying to save Europe from the Turks, but most of his adversaries seem to be other Europeans. This time, an unnamed cabal is trying to kill him and, incidentally, ruin the banks and trade of England, France, and Italy. . . Join Tom Swan on his latest adventure as the likes of Cosimo di Medici, Warwick the Kingmaker, Bessarion the cardinal and Aneas Picclomini the Pope show Tom the Renaissance in all its deadly glory! * * * * * PRAISE FOR CHRISTIAN CAMERON 'The master of historical fiction' SUNDAY TIMES 'A storyteller at the height of his powers' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY 'Superb' THE TIMES 'A sword-slash above the rest' IRISH EXAMINER

Gates of Fire

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553904055

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Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .

The End of Sparta

Author : Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781608193684

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The End of Sparta by Victor Davis Hanson Pdf

In this sweeping and deeply imagined historical novel, acclaimed classicist Victor Davis Hanson re-creates the battles of one of the greatest generals of ancient Greece, Epaminondas. At the Battle of Leuktra, his Thebans crushed the fearsome army of Sparta that had enslaved its neighbors for two centuries. We follow these epic historical events through the eyes of Mêlon, a farmer who has left his fields to serve with Epaminondas-swept up, against his better judgment, in the fever to spread democracy even as he yearns to return to his pastoral hillside. With a scholar's depth of knowledge and a novelist's vivid imagination, Hanson re-creates the ancient world down to its intimate details-from the weight of a spear in a soldier's hand to the peculiar camaraderie of a slave and master who go into battle side by side. The End of Sparta is a stirring drama and a rich, absorbing reading experience. Praise for Victor Davis Hanson: "I have never read another book that explains so well the truth that 'war lies in the dark hearts of us all' but that history offers hope."-William Shawcross on The Father of Us All "Few writers cover both current events and history-and none with the brilliance and erudition of Victor Davis Hanson."-Max Boot on The Father of Us All "Enthralling."-Christopher Hitchens on The Western Way of War

Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade: Part Five

Author : Christian Cameron
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409156338

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Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade: Part Five by Christian Cameron Pdf

Fifteenth Century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to. Having used his wits to escape execution, he begins a series of adventures that take him to street duels in Italy, meetings with remarkable men - from Leonardo Da Vinci to Vlad Dracula - and from the intrigues of the War of the Roses to the fall of Constantinople.

Persian Fire

Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748131037

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Persian Fire by Tom Holland Pdf

Tom Holland's bestselling account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC 'Magisterial... told with great authority and a novelistic colour and verve' Books of the Year, Independent 'Holland has a rare eye for detail, drama and the telling anecdote' Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph 'An unequivocal argument for the relevance of ancient history' Observer 'Holland brings this tumultuous, epoch-making period dazzlingly to life' William Napier, Independent on Sunday In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold and men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater: Greece. The story of how their citizens took on the most powerful man on the planet is as heart-stopping as any episode in history.

The Bronze Lie

Author : Myke Cole
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472843746

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The Bronze Lie by Myke Cole Pdf

Covering Sparta's full classical history, The Bronze Lie examines the myth of Spartan warrior supremacy. The last stand at Thermopylae made the Spartans legends in their own time, famous for their toughness, stoicism and martial prowess – but was this reputation earned? This book paints a very different picture of Spartan warfare – punctuated by frequent and heavy losses. We also discover a society dedicated to militarism not in service to Greek unity or to the Spartan state itself, but as a desperate measure intended to keep its massive population of helots (a near-slave underclass) in line. What successes there were, such as in the Peloponnesian Wars, gave Sparta only a brief period of hegemony over Greece. Today, there is no greater testament to this than the relative position of modern Sparta and its famous rival Athens. The Bronze Lie explores the Spartans' arms and armor, tactics and strategy, the personalities of commanders and the common soldiery alike. It looks at the major battles, with a special focus on previously under-publicized Spartan reverses that have been left largely unexamined. The result is a refreshingly honest and accurate account of Spartan warfare.

The Leaving

Author : Tara Altebrando
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781619638044

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The Leaving by Tara Altebrando Pdf

Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. A riveting mystery for fans of We Were Liars. Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't really recognize the person she's supposed to be, either. But she thinks she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, except they're entirely unable to recall where they've been or what happened to them. Neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max--the only one who hasn't come back. Which leaves Max's sister, Avery, wanting answers. She wants to find her brother--dead or alive--and isn't buying this whole memory-loss story. But as details of the disappearance begin to unfold, no one is prepared for the truth. This unforgettable novel--with its rich characters, high stakes, and plot twists--will leave readers breathless.