Dublin boxer Sparrow Mc Cabe has the Spanish contender on the floor. The World Featherweight title is his for the taking. But something stops Sparrow from throwing that final punch & suddenly it's all over. Fifteen years later Sparrow is working as a driver for the gangster Simon Williams trying to turn a blind eye to the scams the extortion rackets & the rough justice handed out by Williams & his heavies. Then murder enters the picture & Sparrow decides to take a st&. This is one fight he cannot lose. From Brendan O' Carroll author of the bestselling Mrs Brown trilogy & the BAFTA-nominated TV series Mrs Brown's Boys. ...

Through the good times & bad the Sparrow family has always stuck together. But as the Blitz ravages London in 1940 each of the Sparrows has their own battle to fight. Nancy finds herself volunteering as a porter at busy Paddington station
- a world away from the smart West End dress shop where she used to work. Young Mickey is sent to the front line while little Leslie suffers as an evacuee. Nancy must summon all her strength to support her loved ones but they are unaware the woman they rely on hides a painful secret...
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In this fully revised & updated edition of his groundbreaking study Paul Cartledge uncovers the realities behind the potent myth of Sparta. The book explores both the city-state of Sparta & the territory of Lakonia which it unified & exploited. Combining the more traditional written sources with archaeological & environmental perspectives its coverage extends from the apogee of Mycenaean culture to Sparta's crucial defeat at the battle of Mantinea in 362 BC. ...

During the eighth century bc Sparta became one of the leading cities of ancient Greece conquering the southern Peloponnese & from the mid-sixth century bc until the mid-fourth Sparta became a military power of recognized importance. For almost two centuries the massed Spartan army remained unbeaten in the field. Spartan officers also commanded with great success armies of mercenaries or coalition allies as well as fleets of war galleys. Although it is the stand of the Three Hundred at Thermopylae that has earned Sparta undying fame it was her victories over both Persian invaders & the armies & navies of Greek rivals that upheld her position of leadership in Greece. Even a steady decline in Spartiate numbers aggravated by a terrible earthquake in 464 bc failed to end Spartan dominance. Only when the Thebans learned how to defeat the massed Spartan army in pitched battle was Sparta toppled from her position of primacy. Scott Rusch examines what is known of the history of Sparta from the settlement of the city to her defeat at Theban hands focusing upon military campaigns & the strategic circumstances that drove them. Rusch offers fresh perspectives on important questions of Spartan history & illuminate some of antiquitys most notable campaigns. ...

In ancient Greece Sparta was unique in having a dual kingship
- two kings from different clans the Agiads & the Eurypontids reigning
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The mighty slave army led by Spartacus has carried all before it scattering the legions of Rome. Three praetors two consuls & one proconsul have been defeated. Spartacus seems invincible as he marches towards the Alps & freedom. But storm clouds are massing on the horizon. Crixus the Gaul defects taking all his men with him. Crassus the richest man in Rome begins to raise a formidable army tasked specifically with the defeat of Spartacus. & within the slave army itself there are murmurings of dissent & rebellion. Spartacus" on the brink of glory must make a crucial decision
- to go forward over the Alps to freedom or back to face the might of Rome & try to break its stranglehold on power forever."
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The mighty slave army led by Spartacus has crushed all before it scattering the legions of Rome. Now invincible he marches towards the Alps & freedom. But storm clouds are growing on the horizon. Crassus the richest man in Rome has raised an army to rival Spartacus & there are murmurings of rebellion in Spartacus own army. Spartacus on the brink of glory must make a crucial decision
- to go forward over the Alps to freedom or back to face the might of Rome & try to break its power forever. Compulsive relentless.. .vividly recounted in muscular prose". (Daily Telegraph). "A brutal blood-spattered novel". (BBC History Magazine)."
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Historically very little is known about Spartacus. We know that he came from Thrace a land north of Greece that he once fought in the Roman legions & that during two fateful years he led a slave army which nearly brought Rome to its knees. In Ben Kanes brilliant novel we meet Spartacus as he returns to Thrace ready to settle down after a decade away. But a new king has usurped the throne. Treacherous & violent he immediately seizes Spartacus & sells him to a Roman slave trader looking for new gladiators. The odyssey has begun which will see Spartacus become one of the greatest legends of history the hero of revolutionaries from Karl Marx to Che Guevara immortalised on screen & now brought to life in Ben Kanes great bestseller
- a novel which takes the story to its halfway point & is continued in Spartacus: Rebellion"."
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Historically very little is known about Spartacus. We know that he came from Thrace a land north of Greece that he once fought in the Roman legions & that during two fateful years he led a slave army which nearly brought Rome to its knees. In Ben Kane's brilliant novel we meet Spartacus as he returns to Thrace ready to settle down after a decade away. But a new king has usurped the throne. Treacherous & violent he immediately seizes Spartacus & sells him to a Roman slave trader looking for new gladiators. The odyssey has begun which will see Spartacus become one of the greatest legends of history the hero of revolutionaries from Karl Marx to Che Guevara immortalised on screen & now brought to life in Ben Kane's great bestseller
- a novel which takes the story to its halfway point & is continued in Spartacus: Rebellion.
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