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The Persian Expedition by Xenophon

A powerful expeditionary force is despatched from the West, tasked with effecting regime change in a Middle Eastern state It is spring 401 BC, and a vast army of Greek mercenary soldiers travels to Persia to aid the satrap Cyrus in his attempt to overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When Cyrus is killed, the expedition turns to disaster. Stranded in enemy territory, betrayed by its Persian allies, the army is in mortal danger, until its commanders, including the Athenian Xenophon, take charge and lead the men on a perilous retreat. This is Xenophon’s eyewitness account of those events. The Persian Expedition is one of the best surviving portraits both of the Persian Empire, antiquity’s first genuine superpower, and of the ancient Greek character in all its valour and complexity. Translated by Rex Warner.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2009
• Brown Cloth Hardback, 285 pp
• Illustrated in colour by Bob Venables.
• Size 240 x 165mm, 1.2kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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