The Lost Army

Resumen del libro

The 4th century BC. A village in Syria. A woman, dressed in rags and covered in blisters and sores, is seen approaching on the road coming from the north. Suspicious of her, the villagers shout and throw rocks at her. She is struck and falls. She seems dead... Her story encompasses one of the great collective acts of heroism of the ancient world. She was the mistress of Xenophon, a general in the vast army of ten thousand Greek mercenaries from virtually every Greek city state that was employed by Cyrus the Younger, in his quest to seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II. Manfredi, one of the world's experts, has created an rip-roaring adventure seen from the perspective of the women who accompanied the soldiers on their long journey. A new and intense account of the most celebrated march in man's history, by the acclaimed author of the Alexander trilogy

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Valerio Massimo Manfredix{0026}lt;/B es arqueólogo, especializado en el mundo clásico. Ha impartido clases en universidades de Italia y de otros países. Ha dirigido numerosas excavaciones y ha publicado artículos y ensayos académicos.x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P También es el autor, internacionalmente conocido, de más de una veintena de novelas, de las que se han vendido doce millones de ejemplares. Entre sus títulos más destacados están la trilogía Aléxandros, publicada en cuarenta países, x{0026}lt;I La última legiónx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El tiranox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El imperio de los dragonesx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El ejército perdidox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Los idus de marzox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Noche de inviernox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Odiseo. El juramentox{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Odiseo. El retornox{0026}lt;/I , a las que se suma su último gran éxito, x{0026}lt;I Teutoburgox{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P