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Cargando... Leonidas of Sparta: A Boy of the Agogepor Helena P Schrader
Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 1   nkmunn | Nov 17, 2018 |   Schrader's done a marvelous job in painting a picture of ancient Sparta and her people. Her characters were so lifelike and realistic I felt I got to know them. I haven't read the other books in the trilogy yet, but I can see where the values inculcated in Leonidas's childhood will influence the rest of his life. Outstanding were his phouxir or fox-time [part of the curriculum--period of time he was given a small knife and told to survive on his own in the wild] and, due to his own [he admits it] stupidity, kidnapping but fortuitous rescue. As an eirene, a young man on the verge of becoming a citizen, he supervises a group of teenage boys; this is his first taste of leadership. This novel is most highly recommended. I have the other two sequels in hand to read. (  ) janerawoof | Jan 18, 2015 |  ) Luftwaffe_Flak | Feb 7, 2014 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The smaller of twins, born long after two elder brothers, Leonidas was considered an afterthought from birth -- even by his mother. Lucky not to be killed for being undersized, he was not raised as a prince like his eldest brother, Cleomenes, who was heir to the throne, but instead had to endure the harsh upbringing of ordinary Spartan youth. Barefoot, always a little hungry, and subject to harsh discipline, Leonidas had to prove himself worthy of Spartan citizenship. Struggling to survive without disgrace, he never expected that one day he would be king or chosen to command the combined Greek forces fighting a Persian invasion. But these were formative years that would one day make him the most famous Spartan of them all: the hero of Thermopylae. This is the first book in a trilogy of biographical novels about Leonidas of Sparta. This first book describes his childhood in the infamous Spartan agoge. The second will focus on his years as an ordinary citizen, and the third will describe his reign and death. About the Author Helena P. Schrader holds a PhD in history from the University of Hamburg, which she earned with her groundbreaking biography of General Friedrich Olbricht, the mastermind behind the Valkyrie plot against Hitler. She has published four nonfiction works on modern history and has been published in academic journals including Sparta: Journal of Ancient Spartan and Greek History. Helena has done extensive research on ancient and archaic Sparta. She has combined her research with common sense and a deep understanding of human nature to create a refreshingly unorthodox portrayal of Spartan society in this biographical trilogy of Leonidas, as well as in her three previously published novels, The Olympic Charioteer, Are They Singing in Sparta? and Spartan Slave, Spartan Queen. Visit her website at www.helena-schrader.com or learn more about Sparta from her website Sparta Reconsidered at www.elysiumgates.com/ helena. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I enjoyed the treatment of equestrian details, but also the consideration for different generations & genders as in the author's other books I've read.
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