Son of Sparta

Stewart Ross

Description

Mixing fiction with facts

Sujets

• History
• Greece
• Fiction
• HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

Informations

• Publié par: Read Zone
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• EAN13: 9781783227693
• Langue: English

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SON OF SPARTA
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First published in this edition 2017

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SON OF SPARTA
Stewart Ross
CONTENTS

TO THE READER

THE STORY SO FAR

TIME LINE

Chapter 1 | MY ONLY SON
Damatria, a Spartan mother, begins her story. Her son Leon is born.

Chapter 2 | THE SOLDIER
Leon trains to be a proud and ferocious Spartan warrior. Damatria worries at the change in him.

Chapter 3 | WAR!
King Xerxes of Persia invades Greece, King Leonidas of Sparta is chosen to lead the Greeks against the invader, and Leon prepares for war.

Chapter 4 | SO PROUD OF ME
In a letter to his mother, Leon explains what is happening on the battle front.

Chapter 5 | BACKS TO THE WALL
The Persians attack the Greek army defending the Pass of Thermopylae. The Greeks beat off all attacks.

Chapter 6 | THE TRAITOR
A traitor tells Xerxes about a mountain path that will allow the Persians to get behind the Greeks.

Chapter 7 | SURROUNDED
Most of the Greeks leave. The remainder, led by King Leonidas, choose to fight to the death.

Chapter 8 | WHY I AM SAD
Leonidas’ Greeks are wiped out. Damatria mourns Leon’s death and questions Sparta’s values.

THE HISTORY FILE

NEW WORDS
TO THE READER


Son of Sparta is set in Greece almost 2,500 years ago. Damatria and her family are fictional characters, but the events she describes, including the Persian invasion and the famous battle at Thermopylae, really happened.