{"product_id":"steven-pressfield-last-of-the-amazons-2003-paperback","title":"Steven Pressfield: Last Of The Amazons [2003] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling and profoundly moving tale of love and war, honour and revenge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e from Steven Pressfield, author of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller \u003ci\u003eGates of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beyond the best battle scenes I've ever read - brutal, bloody and thoroughly gripping\" -- DIANA GABALDON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Steven Pressfield...makes the distant past seem real and immediate. This is historical fiction elevated to the status of myth.\" -- DANIEL SILVA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pressfield writes with a quality and style akin to classical legend...a joy to read\" -- JOHN WHITBOURN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gripping, un-put downable read!\" -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Great reading. Thrilling, exciting and then some.\" -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***************************************************\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTO THEM HONOUR AND LOYALTY WERE EVERYTHING...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1250 BC\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eTheseus\u003c\/b\u003e, king of \u003cb\u003eAthens \u003c\/b\u003eand slayer of the \u003cb\u003eMinotaur\u003c\/b\u003e, set sail on a journey that brought him to the land of 'tal Kyrte', the 'Free People', a nation of fiercely proud and passionate warrior women whom the Greeks called '\u003cb\u003eAmazons\u003c\/b\u003e'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLovers and fighters they owed allegiance to no man and distrusted the Greeks with their boastful talk of cities and civilization. When their illustrious war queen \u003cb\u003eAntiope \u003c\/b\u003efell in love with Theseus and fled to Athens with the king and his followers, so denying her people, the Amazon tribes were outraged. \u003cb\u003eSeeking revenge, they raised a vast army and marched on Athens.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistory tells us they could not win, but for a brief and glorious moment, the Amazons held the Attic world in thrall before vanishing into the immortal realms of myth and legend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pressfield, Steven","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50661860442451,"sku":"9780553813869","price":24.27,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/pressfield-steven-steven-pressfield-last-of-the-amazons-2003-paperback-9780553813869-1152205949.jpg?v=1743116601","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/steven-pressfield-last-of-the-amazons-2003-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}