Persian Fire：THE FIRST WORLD EMPIRE, BATTLE FOR THE WEST
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- 出版社 Little Brown
- 出版时间 2006年8月 第1版
- ISBN 9780349117171
内容简介
In480BC,Xerxes,theKingofPersia,ledaninvasionofmainlandGreece.Itssuccessshouldhavebeenaformality.Forseventyyears,victory-rapid,spectacularvictory-hadseemedthebirthrightofthePersianEmpire.Inthespaceofasinglegeneration,theyhadsweptacrosstheNearEast,shatteringancientkingdoms,stormingfamouscities,puttingtogetheranempirewhichstretchedfromIndiatotheshoresoftheAegean.Asaresultofthoseconquests,Xerxesruledasthemostpowerfulmanontheplanet.Yetsomehow,astonishingly,againstthelargestexpeditionaryforceeverassembled,theGreeksofthemainlandmanagedtoholdout.ThePersianswereturnedback.Greeceremainedfree.HadtheGreeksbeendefeatedatSalamis,notonlywouldtheWesthavelostitsfirststruggleforindependenceandsurvival,butitisunlikelythattherewouldeverhavebeensuchandentityastheWestatall.TomHolland'sbrilliantnewbookdescribestheveryfirst'clashofEmpires'betweenEastandWest.Onceagainhehasfoundextraordinaryparallelsbetweentheancientworldandourown.Thereisnocompetingpopularbookdescribingtheseevents.
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