{"product_id":"2940170116911","title":"Falcon of Sparta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConn Iggulden, the best-selling author of the Emperor, Conqueror, and the Wars of the Roses series returns to the ancient world with a ferociously bloody epic....\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ancient world, one army was feared above all others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 401 BC. The Persian King Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to Northern India. As many as 50 million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute. Though the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet battles can be won amp;mdash; or lost amp;mdash; with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy's empire, without support, without food, and without water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on one of history's most epic stories of adventure, \u003ci\u003eThe Falcon of Sparta\u003c\/i\u003e masterfully depicts the ferocity, heroism, and savage bloodshed that was the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115005231344,"sku":"2940170116911","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170116911_p0.jpg?v=1763702414","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170116911","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}