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Parricide (Paperback): John Malcolm Burton Parricide (Paperback)
John Malcolm Burton
R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

PARRICIDE is a gripping Courtroom drama and crime thriller set in Ancient Rome. Sextus Roscius the Elder is brutally murdered on the streets of the great city and his son is then accused of the crime, the serious offence of Parricide in Roman Law. If convicted, he faces a horrible, and terrifying punishment. The Roman Orator, Cicero is asked to defend Sextus at his forthcoming trial and he embarks on a journey through Rome and Italy trying to discover the complicated truth behind the murder. He soon finds that the trial has an important political dimension, involving a favourite of the Roman Dictator Sulla. The reader is taken through the whole trial, from the opening speeches of the lawyers, the dramatic cross-examination of the witnesses, through to the verdicts and the surprising aftermath. The novel is based on the published speech of the famous orator and lawyer, Marcus Tullius Cicero which he made over two thousand years ago, in his first ever murder trial.

The Silk's Cruise - Volume 6 of The Silk Tales (Paperback): John Malcolm Burton Qc The Silk's Cruise - Volume 6 of The Silk Tales (Paperback)
John Malcolm Burton Qc
R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Silk's Child - The Silk Tales, volume 5 (Paperback): John Malcolm Burton Qc The Silk's Child - The Silk Tales, volume 5 (Paperback)
John Malcolm Burton Qc
R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Myth of Sparta (Paperback): John Malcolm Burton The Myth of Sparta (Paperback)
John Malcolm Burton
R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many have heard of the heroic stand of the three hundred Spartans at Thermopylae but what happened to the Spartans after that battle? The Myth of Sparta begins with the death of Leonidas, the Lion of Sparta, and the famous three hundred Spartans, at the battle of Thermopylae and culminates in a dramatic retelling of the battle of Sphacteria, a battle which dramatically deals with the question of Spartan invincibility. It tells the story of the relations between the Spartans and the Athenians who turned from being the closest of allies into implacable enemies. It follows the lives of many of the Spartans during this period, meeting its Kings and Regents, as well as lesser known characters such as Styphon, a young Spartan, whose life we follow through the mysteries of the brutal training at the Agoge, the Spartan school for warriors. The novel describes the machinations of the Athenian politicians such as Pericles and Cleon who seek to control Athens as near dictators, forcing their will upon the people, acting through the power and guise of a Democratic society. The author follows the lives of lesser known Athenians, such as Demosthenes, who becomes a General and changes forever the strategy that the Athenians follow in their confrontations with Sparta. The book explores the life of the Helots, Greek citizens who were long ago subjugated by the Spartans and turned into slaves. In particular, we meet Kallistos, who waits until a great Earthquake brings Sparta to her knees before he strikes violently to challenge the serfdom he detests so much. The Myth of Sparta covers all of this and more, breathing life into historical characters and describing in dramatic detail, a period of history long forgotten.

The Return of the Spartans - Volume 2 of the Chronicles of Sparta (Paperback): Katherine Burton The Return of the Spartans - Volume 2 of the Chronicles of Sparta (Paperback)
Katherine Burton; John Malcolm Burton
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The Return of the Spartans" is a sequel to "The Myth of Sparta" and continues from where that book ends with the capture of the Spartan Hoplites at the battle of Sphacteria. We follow their captivity through the eyes of their leader Styphon and watch individual's machinations as the Spartans and Athenians continue their war against each other. We observe numerous battles between the two in detail, seen through the eyes of their most famous and in some instances, infamous citizens. We follow the political machinations of Cleon, Nicias and Alcibiades in Athens and see how they are dealt with by the political satirist at the time, Aristophanes, who referred to all of them in his plays. Many of the characters from "the Myth of Sparta" appear again including the philosopher, Socrates, the Athenian General, Demosthenes and the Spartan General Brasidas, whose campaign in Northern Greece we observe through the eyes of his men. The book recreates the period in significant detail and as was described by one reviewer of "The Myth of Sparta," is, "a highly enjoyable way to revisit one of the most significant periods of western history."

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