num_pages: 434
description: In the Ancient World one army was feared above all others. This is their story.When Cyrus brother to the Great King of Persia attempts to overthrow his reckless sibling he employs a Greek mercenary army of 10000 soldiers. When this army becomes stranded as a result of the unexpected death of Cyrus and then witnesses the treacherous murder of its entire officer corps despair overtakes them. One man Xenophon rallies the Greeks. As he attempts to lead them to freedom across 1500 miles of hostile territory seething with adversaries 10000 men set off on the long way home.
language: English
title: The Falcon of Sparta
publisher: Penguin