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  • Published: 1 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405944045
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $22.99
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Protector

The Sunday Times bestseller that 'Bring[s] the Greco-Persian Wars to life in brilliant detail. Thrilling' DAILY EXPRESS




'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid life...I'm blown away' - Anthony Riches. From the nation's finest historical novelist comes the second instalment in the Athenian series

Themistocles stands as an archon of Athens: the might of the city is his to command. Yet he is no nobleman, distrusted by many for his modest birthright.

But those who stand against him cannot argue with two things: his victories as a warrior and the vast Persian force heading their way.

And so Themistocles must fight. To survive the game of politics, to make his name, he must prove himself again and again in battle.

His enemies are legion, his allies do not trust him and the Persians would corrupt him - but history belongs to the courageous . . .

  • Published: 1 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405944045
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $22.99
Categories:

About the author

Conn Iggulden

Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today. He has written three previous bestselling historical series, including Wars of the Roses. Dunstan is a stand-alone novel set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England, and The Falcon of Sparta is a stand-alone in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. The first book in his new Athenian series, The Gates of Athens, was a Sunday Times top five bestseller. Protector is the latest instalment in the Athenian series.

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Praise for Protector

Praise for Conn Iggulden

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Iggulden tells an absolutely cracking story...the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent

The Times

Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction

Daily Mirror

Breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times

Star

Compelling reading

Woman and Home

Pacy...and packed with action

Sunday Times

One of our finest historical novelists

Daily Express

Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life. I'm blown away. Protector stand alongside the best of Mary Renault - an epic with the learning of the classics' 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life. I'm blown away. Protector stand alongside the best of Mary Renault - an epic with the learning of the classics

Anthony Riches

An epic piece of historical fiction, full of political intrigue and vivid action, and so evocative of the world of ancient Greece. A novel of the highest quality

Robert Fabbri

I was transported. I felt the Mediterranean sun on my face, smelled the sea on the air . . . Here is a master at work. There is no one better at this

Giles Kristian

Bring[s] the Greco-Persian Wars to life in brilliant detail. Thrilling

Daily Express