The Last Greek

Name: The Last Greek
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Christian Cameron
ISBN: 9781409176855

Author: Christian Cameron

Series: Commander #2

Narrator: John Telfer

Unabridged: 15 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 04/16/2020

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, History, Greece History, Military Fiction, European History, Travel, Europe, Greece, Action & Adventure, Family & Relationships

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Few writers are better at conjuring up a vision of Ancient Greece' THE TIMES

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210BCE.

The most powerful empires in the world brawl over the spoils of a declawed Greece.

Philopoemen has a vision to end the chaos and anarchy that consumes his homeland - to stop the endless wars and preserve the world he loves. He must resist the urge of the oligarchs to surrender to their oppressors and raise an army to defend his countrymen from the all-conquering powers of Sparta, Macedon and Rome.

It is the last roll of the dice for the Achean League. The moment Philopoemen has been training for his whole life.

The new Achilles is poised to restore the glory of the former empire. To herald a new era.

To become the last great hero of Greece.

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Praise for Christian Cameron:

'One of the finest writers of historical fiction in the world' BEN KANE

'The master of historical fiction' SUNDAY TIMES

'A storyteller at the height of his powers' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY

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 Xerxes

Thank you to Alainna at Orion for giving me an ARC of this copy. The cover design is awesome and its so rich I love the way of the ancient world it describes. This is a tale of a hopeless pursuit amidst dogged determination. A tale of heroism, love, war, and sacrifice. For there is so much to fit her......more

Goodreads review by Ozymandias

This book continues on from where the last one took off. Philopoemen is in semi-exile and Alexanor has returned to Epidaurus to continue his priestly duties. Which means it's time for the best known (relatively speaking) part of his career to begin: his defense and control of the Achaean League. In......more

Goodreads review by Clemens

This splendid novel is the 2nd part of the "Commander" mini-series, about the life and achievements of a famous Greek called, Philopoemen. At the beginning of the book, it contains well-drawn maps of the Peloponnese and Crete, followed with a very well documented Author's Note. At the end of the book......more

Goodreads review by Robin

Review Im sure many of you who read my reviews will know whats coming…. blah blah… Christian is brilliant etc… yes i will admit to loving his work… but why? I have had the pleasure of getting to know Christian for over 10 years, and in that time his writing has never wavered, his drive to write has al......more

Goodreads review by Liviu

The immediate sequel to The New Achilles, this book covers Philopoemen's rise as the supreme commander (in practice at least) of the Achaean league and his defeat of Sparta and stalemate with Rome in the first Macedonian war period (here we cover mainly the latter parts of that in 208-207) - as we k......more

Quotes

Few writers are better at conjuring up a vision of Ancient Greece

One of the finest writers of historical fiction in the world Ben Kane

A storyteller at the height of his powers

The master of historical fiction