{"product_id":"9781608193684","title":"The End of Sparta: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this sweeping and deeply imagined historical novel, acclaimed classicist Victor Davis Hanson re-creates the battles of one of the greatest generals of ancient Greece, Epaminondas. At the Battle of Leuktra, his Thebans crushed the fearsome army of Sparta that had enslaved its neighbors for two centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe follow these epic historical events through the eyes of Mêlon, a farmer who has left his fields to serve with Epaminondas-swept up, against his better judgment, in the fever to spread democracy even as he yearns to return to his pastoral hillside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a scholar's depth of knowledge and a novelist's vivid imagination, Hanson re-creates the ancient world down to its intimate details-from the weight of a spear in a soldier's hand to the peculiar camaraderie of a slave and master who go into battle side by side. \u003ci\u003eThe End of Sparta\u003c\/i\u003e is a stirring drama and a rich, absorbing reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Victor Davis Hanson:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have never read another book that explains so well the truth that 'war lies in the dark hearts of us all' but that history offers hope.\"-William Shawcross on \u003ci\u003eThe Father of Us All\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few writers cover both current events and history-and none with the brilliance and erudition of Victor Davis Hanson.\"-Max Boot on \u003ci\u003eThe Father of Us All\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Enthralling.\"-Christopher Hitchens on \u003ci\u003eThe Western Way of War\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165682319600,"sku":"9781608193684","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608193684_p0.jpg?v=1763833097","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608193684","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}