Persian Fire - Tom Holland - Folio Society - 2018 1st ed. - Kent Barton - VGC

Persian Fire - Tom Holland - Folio Society - 2018 1st ed. - Kent Barton - VGC

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Persian Fire - Tom Holland - Folio Society - 2018 1st ed. - Kent Barton - VGC
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Persian Fire

Tom Holland

£275.99
Edition year 2018
Printing year 2018
First edition Yes
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Kent Barton
Weight 2 Kg
Pages 440
Dimensions 10 × 6¾ in
Condition Very Good
Condition notes In very good overall condition. Fading to the slipcase & spine, production defect to second map, marks to pg.114&116.

Edition details

Persian Fire : The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland. Preface by the author. Frontispiece, 24 pages of colour plates and 15 black & white integrated maps. Bound in black printed and gilt blocked blue cloth with a design by Kent Barton. Plain slipcase. 440pp. 10x6¾in.

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About the book

Tom Holland's Persian Fire recounts the great conflict between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the fifth century BC. The book examines the rise of Persia and famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis. Holland presents the wars as a dramatic confrontation between very different political and military systems. Rubáiyát (2018) The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám presents a sequence of reflective quatrains best known in English through Edward FitzGerald's translation. The poems meditate on mortality, fate, love and the fleeting pleasures of life. Their imagery of wine, gardens and passing time has made the work one of the most familiar classics of translated Persian poetry.

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