Persian War, The
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Persian War, The

Author : Herodotus
Roy Marsden
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 4 hours
Type : Classic Literature
Ancient
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization. Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia.

Here are not only the great battles - Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis - but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work.

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