The final book in the series, a heroic king, describes his reign, the struggle with persia, and his death. A boy of the agoge is the first book in a trilogy telling the story of leonidas of sparta. The argives are attacking spartas vulnerable island of kythera, but king cleomenes is more interested in. Now a young man, leonidas is determined to prove himself a peerless peer the perfect spartan citizen. This second book focuses on his years as an ordinary citizen, and the third will describe his reign and death. Persia has crushed the ionian revolt and is gathering a massive army to invade and punish mainland greece, but in sparta the. Persia has crushed the ionian revolt and is gathering a massive army to invade and punish mainland greece, but in sparta.
A boy of the agoge, focuses on leonidass boyhood in the notorious spartan agoge, but books two and three will give. This is the third book in the leonidas trilogy, a biographical novel in three parts, dedicated to reconstructing and depicting the life of spartas most famous king. The first book, a boy of the agoge, described leonidass childhood in the spartan public school. The story of leonidas is worth the price in itself. King leonidas and the 300 spartan warriors who remained by his side at the battle of thermopylae knew they were facing imminent doom. Once upon a time there was a spartan king named leonidas.
The book is the final instalment of a trilogy and the other two parts are. A heroic king is the third installment in the trilogy covering the life of the famous spartan king, written by helena schrader. Leonidas s kingdom was not large, but they were powerful. This is the first book in a trilogy of biographical novels about leonidas of sparta. A heroic king leonidas of sparta book 3 kindle edition. For someone with a passion in european history, such as myself, books like this are gems and a pleasure to read. The second book, a peerless peer, describes leonidas years as a private citizen, and his marriage to a woman in every way his equal.
A boy of the agoge, by helena schrader, is an excellent book that tells an excellent story about leonidas of the agiads of the modern day movie 300 fame during his childhood. This page is all about ancient greece, the history and culture of the birth of western civilisation. Leonidas is legendary for this defiant defense of the pass of thermopylae, with just three hundred spartans and roughly six thousand other allies, against a vastly superior invading force in 480 bc. The second, a peerless peer, focused on his years as an ordinary citizen. This first book describes his childhood in the infamous spartan agoge. King leonidas of sparta and the epic battle of the 300 at.
While each of these novels is interesting, its the last one thats most fascinating. The book very well captures the stardust that ancient greece holds to itself to this day. Yes, he of the three hundred fame, of thermopylae fame. I have not had a chance to read the first two books but jumped at the chance to read this one because i wanted to see how helena would approach the battle of thermopylae. The first book, a boy of the agoge, described leonidass childhood in spartas infamous public school. This is the first book in a trilogy of biographical novels about leonidas. Ancient sparta has a certain magic to it, as being the dominant military power of its time. This third book describes his rise to power, his reign, and his death. The smaller of twins, born long after two elder brothers, leonid.