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| Original Title: | Lo scudo di Talos |
| ISBN: | 0330491024 (ISBN13: 9780330491020) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Leonidas, Pausanias of Sparta, Talos, Brithos, Antinea, Kritolaos, Karas |
| Setting: | Sparta(Greece) |
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Paperback | Pages: 448 pages Rating: 3.68 | 4494 Users | 175 Reviews
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| Title | : | Spartan |
| Author | : | Valerio Massimo Manfredi |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 448 pages |
| Published | : | February 3rd 2006 by Pan (first published 1988) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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Herodotus tells us that not all of the three hundred Spartan warriors died at the hands of Xerxes, King of the Persians, in the battle of the Thermopylae: two were saved bringing a life-saving message back to the city. This is the saga of a Spartan family, torn apart by a cruel law that forces them to abandon one of their two sons--born lame--to the elements. The elder son, Brithos, is raised in the caste of the warriors, while the other, Talos, is spared a cruel death and is raised by a Helot shepherd, among the peasants. They live out their story in a world dominated by the clash between the Persian empire and the city-states of Greece--a ferocious, relentless conflict--until the voice of their blood and of human solidarity unites them in a thrilling, singular enterprise.Rating About Books Spartan
Ratings: 3.68 From 4494 Users | 175 ReviewsColumn About Books Spartan
I enjoyed the story and also the historical content that he included. I didn't like how he skipped years in just one page and also the ending left me a little empty. But it was a pleasant read.The one problem with this book was that I wanted to know how the lives were going to pan out, so kept speed reading the bits of historical fact, which I really wanted to know as well. Perhaps I'll have to read it again, now I know what happens, so I can concentrate on the history.
It took me months to go through this but merely for lack of time. Ive loved the first part a lot more, especially the relationship between Britos and Talos. The pivotal moment in the plot has slowed things down a bit but the story is very captivating and intriguing throughout the whole book. I have to say I enjoyed this a lot!
Great book I loved it so much.
Maybe Manfredi's writing style is lost in translation? I find his prose very dull and long drawn. Character development is pretty lame too, as are the battle scenes (and lets face it, if you're reading a fictional novel entitled 'Spartan', you expect some serious bloodthirsty battle scenes!).Drop this, and read Pressfield's Gates of Fire instead.
Not bad, but not great either.Part of the problem I had with this book was the occasional odd turn of phrase or weird choice of words. It was a small problem that should probably be attributed to the translator, but it still threw me off on several occasions.But mostly it was the pacing that kept this book from being truly good. I found my interest waxing and waning throughout the book, generally due to Manfredi's honorable but misplaced desire to provide his readers with historical context. I
I absolutely loved this book! I picked it up at the library on a whim; I enjoy watching films like Troy, Prompeii and the likes, but it's been a very long time since I actually read a book set in ancient times. The style of writting is a little like Homer's Iliad, in the way that there's not one set narrator and it outlines events without seeming to judge the characters, of course, it's easy to know who to root for, but I loved the way that the author managed to portray a redeeming side to the
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