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The Ten Thousand : A Novel Of Ancient Greece
The Ten Thousand A Novel Of Ancient Greece
Author: Michael Curtis Ford
ISBN-13: 9780312269463
ISBN-10: 0312269463
Publication Date: 7/13/2001
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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Based on historical fact, story of the Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Great in 401 BCE
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historical fiction; good read
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Very good war story.
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I haven't finished it yet but I'm enjoying it immensely so far.
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In 401 B.C., a thundering army of mercenaries, camp followers, dreamers, and glory seekers set off to help a rebellious foreign general named Cyrus. In the months that followed, ten thousand men--trained and hardened in three decades of war in Greece--would engage in pitched battles, witness untold horrors, and begin a desperate march across he desert, over raging rivers, and into the jaws of hell itself. By the time it was over, some would be alive, others dead, and one among them would emerge and the greatest hero of all...

In a novel of high adventure and riveting historical drama, Michael Curtis Ford brings to life an amazing true story from Greek antiquity--Xenophon's march of the ten Thousand. A tale of war and peace, of loyalties and betrayals, and of a soldier's love for a mysterious and dangerous woman, The Ten Thousand captures the eternal spirit of courage--in the face of impossible odds.