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Persian Fire
- The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Tom Holland's brilliant new book describes the very first "clash of Empires" between East and West. Once again he has found extraordinary parallels between the ancient world and our own. There is no competing popular book describing these events.
Critic Reviews
"Incendiary stuff. Sparkling insight and no less sparkling writing." (Independent)
"Excellent." (Sunday Times)
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- Kane
- 21-05-2019
So damn good I listened to it twice
I’ve listened to three of Tom Holland’s books now - “Rubicon”, “In the Shadow of the Sword” and this, “Persian Fire”, and without a moments hesitation I hold this as my favourite of the three.
“Persian Fire” contains all the fascinating informative historical details relevant to the time and place, like one will find in Rubicon and “In the Shadow...”, but unlike those two books, which cover hundreds and hundreds of years and include myriad short stories about various characters through time, Persian Fire is firmly rooted ( at least for the most part) in one time: circa late 4th century BC, one place: Greece, and one epic and fast-paced story: The Persian Empire’s attempt at invading and taking Greece and the Greek’s (largely Sparta and Athens) attempt to defend their country. I found it to be a truely cracking story.
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- Greg Sale
- 02-08-2017
Fabulous
The only criticism I have is to myself not keeping track of all the Greek names, I had to listen to a few sections a couple of times, very enjoyable.
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- Katherine Juestel
- 01-02-2017
Would, am sure, been better
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Wished it were the unabridged version. This writer/subject is too good to cut out any portions.
Would you be willing to try another book from Tom Holland? Why or why not?
Most definitely, and have,
What three words best describe Andrew Sachs’s voice?
Rich, distinct, appropriate.
Did Persian Fire inspire you to do anything?
Yup. Look for the unabridged version.
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