num_pages: 320
description: Separated at birth by the harsh customs of their Spartan people, the strong and healthy Brithos is raised by his family, while the weak Talos is abandoned to the wolves of Mount Taygetus, where is found and raised by a Helot, a people enslaved to Sparta, to become a champion of the vanquished race.
language: English
title: Spartan: A Novel
titlecomplete: Spartan: A Novel
characters: Kritolaos, Antinea, Karas, Talos, Brithos, Pausanias of Sparta, Leonidas
genres: Greece, Historical, Historical Fiction, School, Novels, Fantasy, Historical Romance, Italy, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 7747
places: Sparta
publisher: Atria Books (NYC)