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The Falcon of Sparta

By: Conn Iggulden
Narrated by: Michael Fox
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden.

In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. This is their story.

When Cyrus, brother to the Great King of Persia, attempts to overthrow his reckless sibling, he employs a Greek mercenary army of 10,000 soldiers. When this army becomes stranded as a result of the unexpected death of Cyrus and then witnesses the treacherous murder of its entire officer corps, despair overtakes them.

One man, Xenophon, rallies the Greeks. As he attempts to lead them to freedom across 1,500 miles of hostile territory seething with adversaries, 10,000 men set off on the long way home.

©2018 Conn Iggulden (P)2018 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Ancient Historical Fiction Fiction Ancient History Ancient Greece

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I read the physical copy of this a while back and enjoyed it.
The audible version seems even better as I wasn’t struggling with foreign names and places. The reader put the emotion in and played the people very well. I could even picture Sean Bean as one of the characters.

Not too bad at all.

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Great story with a few twists to surprise, narrator a little slow for me so I listened at 1.2 which was perfect.

Another Epic Iggulden - fantastic

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Normally love Iggulden, the run of the story great but what was the story? Poor.

great story telling but no real story

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It felt like the narrator stumbled over some of the character's names on a few occasions (I don't blame him), but this broke the tempo of the story at times.
The ending felt a little rushed and so I felt some of the battles weren't as descriptive and almost put in for 'filler'. still, it was a good listen and any fan of Conn Iggulden will enjoy this.

A decent enough story but not his best.

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I've read (or listened to) all of Conn Iggulden's books. I love the blend of history, great characters and action. Unfortunately this book didn't live up to the blurb. I thought it would be a thrilling ride and not a pedestrian stroll. The march to safety is only really in the last third of the book. The supporting characters are wafer thin, and considering the Spartans are outnumbered and far from home, there is no real tension. As Walter Hill's film The Warriors shows there is a fantastic story to be told about Xenophon and his march to the sea, but unfortunately this isn't it.

I was similarly underwhelmed about his previous book Dunstan. I hope Conn gets his mojo back for his next book.

A good narration.

As Dry As The Land That The Book Is Set In.

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