The Ten Thousand by Michael Curtis Ford
Outstanding epic adventure and story of survival against all odds set in ancient Greece. Winter, 401 BC. When leadership is forced upon Xenophon after the treacherous slaughter of his senior comrades in arms, it is up to him to inspire the few remaining officers of the Greek army to rally their troops. Trapped far from home in hostile Persian territory, they are only ten thousand men against an enemy ten times larger. Months later, ten thousand battered, half-starved Greek soldiers stagger out of the frozen mountains of Armenia into a small Hellenic trading post on the Black Sea. Told from the viewpoint of Theo, Xenophon's battle squire, this is a unique view of the brutality and heroism of 5th-century BC Greek warfare.
Michael Ford has a bachelor's degree in Linguistics from the University of Washington and a master's in economics from Princeton. He speaks Spanish, French, Portuguese and Latin, and is an avid reader of the classics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752844855 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752844857 |
| Title | The Ten Thousand |
| Author | Michael Curtis Ford |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2002-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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