Tom Holland

Persian Fire

The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

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Produktbeschreibung

Holland's new work describes the very first "clash of empires" between East and West. Revealing extraordinary parallels between the ancient world and the present, this history takes in the entire sweep of the Persian Wars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780307279484
• ISBN-10: 0307279480
• Artikelnr.: 22526940

Autorenporträt

Tom Holland is a historian of the ancient world and a translator. His books include Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic, Persian Fire, In the Shadow of the Sword and The Forge of Christendom. He has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides and Virgil for the BBC. In 2007, he was the winner of the Classical Association prize, awarded to "the individual who has done most to promote the study of the language, literature and civilization of Ancient Greece and Rome." He lives in London with his family. Visit the author's website at www.tom-holland.org.