The King and the Slave

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Synopsis

Ten years after the fall of Babylon, Cyrus's army is on the march again. His slave Croesus, no longer a young man, accompanies him as always, as does the king's son and heir Cambyses, who has inherited none of his father's diplomacy or charisma and all of his vanity and violence. When the warriors of Persia are unexpectedly crushed in battle Cyrus is put to death, and Cambyses assumes the throne. Croesus, once a king himself, is called upon to guide the young man; but the young man cannot be guided, and after taking offence at an insult by an Egyptian ruler, Cambyses takes the full force of his father's empire to Africa for bloody and brutal vengeance...

Book details

Edition:
Main
Author:
Tim Leach
ISBN:
9780857899248
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-05-01
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2015
Copyright by:
Tim Leach, 2 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction