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2450925The End of Spartahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-end-of-sparta-9781608193684/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3647357/dc351317-df90-472c-b358-f6070c1646a7.jpg?v=638385675410100000237279MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p>In this sweeping and deeply imagined historical novel, acclaimed classicist Victor Davis Hanson re-creates the battles of one of the greatest generals of ancient Greece, Epaminondas. At the Battle of Leuktra, his Thebans crushed the fearsome army of Sparta that had enslaved its neighbors for two centuries.</p><p>We follow these epic historical events through the eyes of Mlon, a farmer who has left his fields to serve with Epaminondas-swept up, against his better judgment, in the fever to spread democracy even as he yearns to return to his pastoral hillside.</p><p>With a scholars depth of knowledge and a novelists vivid imagination, Hanson re-creates the ancient world down to its intimate details-from the weight of a spear in a soldiers hand to the peculiar camaraderie of a slave and master who go into battle side by side. <em>The End of Sparta</em> is a stirring drama and a rich, absorbing reading experience.</p><p><strong>Praise for Victor Davis Hanson:</strong></p><p>"I have never read another book that explains so well the truth that war lies in the dark hearts of us all but that history offers hope."-William Shawcross on <em>The Father of Us All</em></p><p>"Few writers cover both current events and history-and none with the brilliance and erudition of Victor Davis Hanson."-Max Boot on <em>The Father of Us All</em></p><p>"Enthralling."-Christopher Hitchens on <em>The Western Way of War</em></p>...2387346The End of Sparta237279https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-end-of-sparta-9781608193684/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3647357/dc351317-df90-472c-b358-f6070c1646a7.jpg?v=638385675410100000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119781608193684_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_<p>In this sweeping and deeply imagined historical novel, acclaimed classicist Victor Davis Hanson re-creates the battles of one of the greatest generals of ancient Greece, Epaminondas. At the Battle of Leuktra, his Thebans crushed the fearsome army of Sparta that had enslaved its neighbors for two centuries.</p><p>We follow these epic historical events through the eyes of Mlon, a farmer who has left his fields to serve with Epaminondas-swept up, against his better judgment, in the fever to spread democracy even as he yearns to return to his pastoral hillside.</p><p>With a scholars depth of knowledge and a novelists vivid imagination, Hanson re-creates the ancient world down to its intimate details-from the weight of a spear in a soldiers hand to the peculiar camaraderie of a slave and master who go into battle side by side. <em>The End of Sparta</em> is a stirring drama and a rich, absorbing reading experience.</p><p><strong>Praise for Victor Davis Hanson:</strong></p><p>I have never read another book that explains so well the truth that war lies in the dark hearts of us all but that history offers hope.-William Shawcross on <em>The Father of Us All</em></p><p>Few writers cover both current events and history-and none with the brilliance and erudition of Victor Davis Hanson.-Max Boot on <em>The Father of Us All</em></p><p>Enthralling.-Christopher Hitchens on <em>The Western Way of War</em></p>(*_*)9781608193684_<p>In this sweeping and deeply imagined historical novel, acclaimed classicist Victor Davis Hanson re-creates the battles of one of the greatest generals of ancient Greece, Epaminondas. At the Battle of Leuktra, his Thebans crushed the fearsome army of Sparta that had enslaved its neighbors for two centuries.</p><p>We follow these epic historical events through the eyes of Mlon, a farmer who has left his fields to serve with Epaminondas-swept up, against his better judgment, in the fever to spread democracy even as he yearns to return to his pastoral hillside.</p><p>With a scholars depth of knowledge and a novelists vivid imagination, Hanson re-creates the ancient world down to its intimate details-from the weight of a spear in a soldiers hand to the peculiar camaraderie of a slave and master who go into battle side by side. <em>The End of Sparta</em> is a stirring drama and a rich, absorbing reading experience.</p><p><strong>Praise for Victor Davis Hanson:</strong></p><p>"I have never read another book that explains so well the truth that war lies in the dark hearts of us all but that history offers hope."-William Shawcross on <em>The Father of Us All</em></p><p>"Few writers cover both current events and history-and none with the brilliance and erudition of Victor Davis Hanson."-Max Boot on <em>The Father of Us All</em></p><p>"Enthralling."-Christopher Hitchens on <em>The Western Way of War</em></p>...9781608193684_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_ddde0311-32e9-43b1-91bb-e0a1b3436d7f_9781608193684;9781608193684_9781608193684Victor DavisInglésMéxico2011-10-18T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing