Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - MoonButterfly - GoodreadsPersian Fire is the second non-fiction book written by the popular historian Tom Holland. It is written in an easy-going narrative style that made his first book Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Carlos Burga - GoodreadsIf you are wondering how to get into reading history books, start with one from Tom Holland; he is simply amazing at making civilizations more than two thousand years old come alive. Having always ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Lauren Albert - GoodreadsThis is popular history in the best sense of the term. It is well, even excitingly, written but without any exaggeration for affect. Holland gives "biographies" of each of the groups (Persians ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Tone - GoodreadsAn epic account of the Greco-Persian war. It is of course a popular account but this hardly makes the book less interesting. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Thomas - GoodreadsI found this a fairly accessible of the history of early Greece. The technique of first describing the formation of the Persian Empire (Cyrus>Darius>Xerxes), then the development of the Spartan city ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Jonfaith - GoodreadsBought Persian Fire in Heathrow returning from Morocco. We had spent the night before with my wife's brother in Reading. Having returned from the dually (you know what I mean) arid Marrakesch, we ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Sander Moorees - GoodreadsInformative, fast-paced, and well written. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Mike Garcia - GoodreadsThe only book I've ever thrown into the GARBAGE Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - Errol Orhan - GoodreadsGreat story, awesome paralells with American foreign policy and, marvelously written. The Dutch translation, however, is annoyingly bad. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Avis d'utilisateur - George de Armas - GoodreadsSpanning the origins of the "Persian empire" from Cyrus through Xerxes, the author frames the narrative as the clash of cultures between the Persians and the fractured Greek city states. Well written and insightful. Consulter l'avis complet
