{"product_id":"holland-tom-tom-holland-collection-5-books-set-in-the-shadow-of-the-sword-rubicon-dynasty-millennium-persian-fire-9789123721429","title":"Tom Holland Collection 5 Books Set (In The Shadow Of The Sword, Rubicon, Dynasty, Millennium, Persian Fire)","description":"\u003cb\u003ePlease Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTom Holland Collection 5 Books Set:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn The Shadow Of The Sword:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRubicon:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDynasty:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule of an autocrat who could give them peace. 'Augustus,' their new master called himself: 'The Divinely Favoured One'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMillennium:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of all the civilisations existing in the year 1000, that of Western Europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatness. Compared to the glittering empires of Byzantium or Islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the Atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful and backward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePersian Fire:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory - rapid, spectacular victory - had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abacus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53805372113238,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9789123721429_1.jpg?v=1781813286","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/holland-tom-tom-holland-collection-5-books-set-in-the-shadow-of-the-sword-rubicon-dynasty-millennium-persian-fire-9789123721429","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}