Diverse In the Shadow of the Sword Battle for Global Empire End Ancient World

In The Shadow Of The Sword The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World Product type ABIS BOOK Language English

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'A stunning blockbuster' Robert Fisk 'A brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A compelling detective story of the highest order' Sunday Times 'Tom Holland has an enviable gift for summoning up the colour, the individuals and animation of the past' Independent In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelt, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In the Shadow of the Sword explores how this came about. Spanning from Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror, and startling achievement.

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'A stunning blockbuster' Robert Fisk 'A brilliant tour de force of revisionist scholarship and thrilling storytelling' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A compelling detective story of the highest order' Sunday Times 'Tom Holland has an enviable gift for summoning up the colour, the individuals and animation of the past' Independent In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelt, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In the Shadow of the Sword explores how this came about. Spanning from Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror, and startling achievement.

Der Kampf um das globale Imperium und das Ende der antiken Welt Zusammenfassung: Der Sonntag Times Bestseller der Top Ten „Im Schatten des Schwertes, Der Kampf um das globale Imperium und das Ende der antiken Welt“ von Tom Holland ist ein brillantes Meisterwerk revisionistischer Forschung und fesselnder Erzählkunst. Tom Holland ist der Autor von „Rubicon“, das für den Samuel Johnson Preis nominiert war und 2004 den Hessell-Tiltman Preis für Geschichte gewann; „Persian Fire“, das 2006 den Runciman Award der Anglo-Hellenic League erhielt; und dem hochgelobten „Millennium“. Er hat Homer, Herodot, Thukydides und Vergil für BBC Radio adaptiert.