Pre-Owned The End of Sparta (Paperback) by Victor Davis Hanson

from KarenRinn

I thoroughly enjoyed this book for several reasons. The main being the style of prose! Hanson emulates the epic style found in the Iliad and Beowulf. It's a refreshing way to read of daily life and battles from ancient times, immersing one self into his story (and history). This is not a fast rea...

from benpass4

I enjoyed this novel, but I suspect strongly that its not what you'd call a novel with mass appeal. Hanson, who writes brilliantly evocative history, has turned his hand to a fictionalized account of the Theban triumph over the Spartans. He evokes the period in a fashion which I suspect will be l...

from Gkarlives

This is the first book I have read by Victor Hanson and the first chosen book on acient history since junior highschool. The book has been alternately good and bad so far. I am finding the narrative hard to work through because of the authors tendency to jump from persona to persona. I don't nece...

from Karlstar

So far this is off to a very slow start. It jumps in with no background or prologue, so you must be familiar with ancient Greek history. If you aren't, tough luck. So far there are no maps, in what is a serious novel about a historical battle. For me country and battlefield maps are a must.

from ulfhjorr

Victor Hanson may well be an excellent historian, and the passion for this period of Greek history shown in this book certainly supports that supposition, but as an author of fiction, The End of Sparta shows a deficit of talent. The story is slow-forming, the characters rather non-compelling, and...