This work talks about a king who would be worshipped as a god. When Xerxes, King of Persia, crosses the Hellespont at the head of a formidable army, it seems inevitable that Greece will be crushed beneath its might. But, the Greeks are far harder to defeat than he could ever have imagined. As storms lash the Persian ships, and sinister omens predict a cruel fate for the expedition, Xerxes strives onward, certain his enemies will accept him as their king. But as he soon discovers, the Greeks will sacrifice anything, even their lives, to keep their liberty.
- ISBN10 0141888474
- ISBN13 9780141888477
- Publish Date 1 June 2006 (first published 4 May 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint E-Classics
- Format eBook
- Language English