The Spartans : The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece (Paperback)

from isinger

The book is disappointing. It has a conversational tone, but is not well organized or deep; frankly, it reads like a lightly edited transcription of lecture notes. So, while this material is engaging and informative as far as it goes, I suspect the author had a better book in him.

from jimocracy

There was a lot to learn about Sparta but the delivery was rather dry in this book.

from ScoutJ

This was ok, definitely some points of interest, but I probably would have gotten more out of the actual book than I did the audio. As others have noted, there is not much "flow" but rather a bit of hopping around. That added to the rather large number of names, of both people and place, that I h...

from Greatrakes

In this popular history of the Spartans, Cartledge stresses the sheer 'otherness' of the Spartans - although clearly Greek, the rest of the Greek world saw them as mad and primitive. Sparta was a military society, for years unbeatable in open battle and Sparta had no need of city walls. Spartan m...