Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy

The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This astonishing clash between East and West still has resonances in modern history, and has left us with tales of heroic resistance in the face of seemingly hopeless odds. Kershaw makes use of recent archaeological and geological discoveries in this thrilling and timely retelling of the story, originally told by Herodotus, the Father of History. The protagonists are, in Europe, the Greeks, led on land by militaristic, oligarchic Sparta, and on sea by the newly democratic Athens; in Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy - Stephen P. Kershaw od authora Stephen P. Kershaw a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz
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