Clash of the Empires, Ben Kane, Jonathan Ball Publishers, ISBN: 9781409173380
GAME of Thrones fans, your next read is here! It’s the Romans versus the Greeks and it is ugly, in the best possible way.
It too includes a wide and varied range of characters and we see the makings of war and turmoil. An uncommonly interesting military book that involves high politics and the violence of battle.
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Macedon and Greece are unconquered and the young Flamininus and the Romans are about to turn their eye on the prize. But Phillip V of Macedon vows to make his people great again. We jump between the political settings to the battlefields and back again, watching and experiencing each from well-rounded and interesting characters as the conquest for land and power play out.
He has delved into history and has rewritten it with skill and intrigue, brilliantly. With a concise writing style and a to-the-point storyline, this is nothing short of an entertaining and incredible read.
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