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Alan Lloyd is a historian with the ability to write in a popular and approachable style... Marathon has acquired a reputation as a classic of its type. --'The School Librarian'
A history of Greek civilisation and a dramatic recreation of the pivotal battle in the history of that civilisation... Alan Lloyd s brand of popular history concentrates on the details and colour that make for engrossing reading. --'Parikiaki'
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Western civilisation is descended from the battle fought on the plains of Marathon between 9,000 citizens of the Greek City states and the 30,000-strong Persian army of Darius. The Greeks were defending their radical new political form, democracy. Alan Lloyd s brand of popular history, colourful, deeply researched with the passionately thrilling narrative of a novel brings the battle and Greek civilisation alive. It is a style described by The Observer about another of Alan Lloyd s books as There s not a single boring page
