The Great King, Christian Cameron
The Great King, Christian Cameron
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The Great King

Author: Christian Cameron

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 19 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 07/25/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The heroic story of Arimnestos of Plataea continues - a thrilling historical adventure set amid the epic struggle between Greece and Persia - perfect for fans of the blockbusting film 300.

Slave, pirate, husband and lover: Arimnestos of Plataea has been many things in the course of his life. But men remember him best as one of the heroes of the Battle of Marathon, the epic victory that prevented all of Greece from falling under the Persian yoke.

But now there is a new Great King on the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed. As rumours abound of a vast Persian invasion, an embassy is sent to forestall the threat.

Arimnestos is chosen to escort them - an honour he can hardly refuse. But as the storm clouds of war gather and factions on both sides begin to weave their treacherous plots, Arimnestos' journey begins to look more and more like a suicide mission.

About Christian Cameron

Christian Cameron is a writer and military historian. He participates in re-enacting and experimental archaeology, teaches armoured fighting and historical swordsmanship, and takes his vacations with his family visiting battlefields, castles and cathedrals. He lives in Toronto and is busy writing his next novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darek on May 03, 2023

4.5 stars......more

Goodreads review by All the King's Books on July 02, 2024

We still have to bridge the time gap between Marathon and Salamis, so Cameron decides to let Ari experience a proper Ancient Greek Olympic Games as a spectator and a sponsor, followed by some political and diplomatic bickering resulting in Ari being sent on a diplomatic mission to the Persian Empero......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on July 24, 2014

Arimnestos from his return from the West till the battles of Artemisium and Thermopyle(485- early 480); the first maybe 3/4 or 4/5 of the book are awesome, both among the best of the author and of historical fiction in general - among the highlights being the political maneuverings to unify Greece i......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 19, 2014

Just brilliant roll on the next book......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 21, 2014

This is the 4th book in Christian Camerons Long War Series that tells another episode in the life and times of Arimnestos the Plataean. Past 30 years old now, and after his adventures in the western mediterranean, the outer sea, Iberia and Ghaul following the victory at Marathon in Poseidons spear A......more