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As a boy, Alexander dreamed of matching the heroic feats of Achilles. At 18 he led the Macedonian cavalry to a stunning victory against the Greeks. By 25 he had crushed the Persians in three monumental battles and was the master of the greatest empire the world had ever seen. Men began to call him a god. But behind the legend was another, more complex story.

Als Sklave musste sich Arimnestos von Platäa seine Freiheit einst hart erkämpfen. Nun gerät diese erneut in Gefahr. Denn die Perser rücken heran, entschlossen, die aufständischen Griechen zu bezwingen und Athen niederzubrennen. Um das persische Heer aufzuhalten, sammelt sich in der Ebene von Marathon ein kleines Aufgebot aus Athenern und Platäern. Unter ihnen ist auch Arimnestos, bereit, seinem Ruf - Menschenschlächter - alle Ehre zu machen.

Als Sklave musste sich Arimnestos von Platäa seine Freiheit einst hart erkämpfen. Nun gerät diese erneut in Gefahr. Denn die Perser rücken heran, entschlossen, die aufständischen Griechen zu bezwingen und Athen niederzubrennen. Um das persische Heer aufzuhalten, sammelt sich in der Ebene von Marathon ein kleines Aufgebot aus Athenern und Platäern. Unter ihnen ist auch Arimnestos, bereit, seinem Ruf - Menschenschlächter - alle Ehre zu machen.

Arimnestos of Plataea has already lived through several lifetimes' worth of adventure, from being a rich man's slave in Ephesus to winning glory at the battle of Marathon against the might of the Persian Empire. But the gods - and the Persians - aren't finished with him yet. As an experienced sea captain - his enemies might say pirate - he has a part to play in the final epic confrontation of the Long War between the Greeks and Persians, the Battle of Salamis.

Arimnestos of Plataea grew up wanting to be a bronzesmith, like his father. Then, in the chaos of war, he was taken to a city in the Persian empire and sold as a slave. To win his freedom he had to show that he could fight and kill. Now, to preserve that freedom, he must kill again. For the Persians are coming. A vast army sent by King Darius to put down the rebellious Greeks and burn the city of Athens to the ground. Standing against them on the plain of Marathon is a much smaller force of Athenians, alongside their Plataean allies. To defeat such overwhelming force seems impossible.

The heroic story of Arimnestos of Plataea continues - a thrilling historical adventure set amid the epic struggle between Greece and Persia - perfect for fans of the blockbusting film 300. Slave, pirate, husband and lover: Arimnestos of Plataea has been many things in the course of his life. But men remember him best as one of the heroes of the Battle of Marathon, the epic victory that prevented all of Greece from falling under the Persian yoke. But now there is a new Great King on the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed.

Glory. Death. Well-born Athenian cavalry officer Kineas fought shoulder to shoulder with Alexander in his epic battles against the Persian hordes. But on his return from the east to his native city, he finds not glory but shame - and exile. With nothing to his name but his military skills, Kineas agrees to lead a band of veterans to the city of Olbia, where the Tyrant is offering good money to train the city's elite cavalry.

Platäa, 500 v. Chr: Arimnestos ist noch ein Kind, als sein Vater ermordet und er ins ferne Ephesos verschleppt wird. Nach Jahren der Sklaverei erlangt er, zum Mann gereift, die Freiheit. Von Rache beseelt macht er sich auf, den Mörder seines Vaters zu finden. Dabei gerät er in den aufbrechenden Konflikt zwischen Athenern und Persern und geht den Weg des Kriegers. Und wie sein Vorbild Achilles kennt er keine Gnade. Bald nennt man ihn erfurchtsvoll den "Menschenschlächter". Die Fortsetzung des historischen Schlachten-Epos rund um die Perser-Kriege.

Platäa, 500 v. Chr: Arimnestos ist noch ein Kind, als sein Vater ermordet und er ins ferne Ephesos verschleppt wird. Nach Jahren der Sklaverei erlangt er, zum Mann gereift, die Freiheit. Von Rache beseelt macht er sich auf, den Mörder seines Vaters zu finden. Dabei gerät er in den aufbrechenden Konflikt zwischen Athenern und Persern und geht den Weg des Kriegers. Und wie sein Vorbild Achilles kennt er keine Gnade. Bald nennt man ihn erfurchtsvoll den "Menschenschlächter". Der packende Auftakt zur neuen Reihe um die Perserkriege.

Arimnestos of Plataea was one of the heroes of the Battle of Marathon, in which the heroic Greeks halted the invading Persians in their tracks, and fought in the equally celebrated naval battle at Salamis. But even these stunning victories only served to buy the Greeks time, as the Persians gathered a new army, returning with overwhelming force to strike the final killing blow. For the Greeks, divided and outnumbered, there was only one possible strategy: attack. And so, in the blazing summer of 479 BC, Arimnestos took up his spear one final time at the Battle of Plataea.

Arimnestos of Plataea is a man who has seen and done things that most men only dream about. Sold into slavery as a boy, he fought his way to freedom - and then to everlasting fame: standing alongside the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon where the Greeks crushed the invading Persians. Sometimes, however, a man's greatest triumph is followed by his greatest sorrow. Returning to his farm, Arimnestos finds that his wife, Euphoria, has died in childbirth, and in an instant his laurels turn to dust. But the gods are not finished with Arimnestos yet.

Meet the greatest Greek general you've never heard of: Philopoemen. In his day, a leader as skilled and as dangerous as Hannibal: a ferocious fighter, a superb general, and credited as the inventor of modern 'special operations'. More importantly, he was a brilliant political leader. He commanded Greek forces at the turn of the third century BC, when mighty Rome, fresh from the destruction of Carthage, and Imperial Macedon, the greatest power of the day, chose Greece as their battlefield.

In a city of masks, no one is what they seem . . . Englishman Richard Hughes has survived a stint as a galley slave and is now a free man in Venice, where he enjoys a modest life as a fencing master. He believes he has long-since left behind the ideals that landed him in slavery...until he...

Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle. But Sir William Gold has other problems. Just to reach Europe, he must capture its most unassailable fortress. He must also protect his liege lord, the Green Count, from assassins hell-bent on his death.

Sir William Gold is looking forward to a lucrative career as a hired sword in the endless warring between Italy's city states. But when a message comes from the Grand Master of the Hospitaliers, William is forced to leave his dreams of fame and fortune behind him. The Hospitaliers are gathering men for a crusade, and Sir William must join them. Yet before they set out for the holy land, the knights face deadly adversaries much closer to home . . .

September, 1356. Poitiers. The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle. On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy. On the French side, the King and his son, the Dauphin. With 12,000 knights. And then there is William Gold. A cook's boy - the lowest of the low - who had once been branded as a thief. William dreams of being a knight, but in this savage new world of intrigue, betrayal and greed, first he must learn to survive.

The Chivalry series follows young William Gold, who runs away from London to follow the Black Prince, from the killing fields of France, through life as a routier and criminal, and to redemption with the Knights of Saint John, further disillusion and an eventual career as a professional soldier and knight. Rich in the details of life in the High Middle Ages, the series also deals with modern issues about the role of violence in society, rules of conflict and war, and the price that people pay for using violence.

When the dust settled and the blood dried after the Battle of Plataea, Greeks might have thought that their freedom was secured. But before the corpse of the Great King's general was cold, Athens and Sparta began to bicker over dividing up the spoils. After an autumn of victory, it's a long cold winter among the burned cities and destroyed shrines of Greece, and a hungry spring. And when Arimnestos goes to sea to cruise the Persian-held coasts, he finds that Persia is still not beaten...and that old alliances are now fraying.

Alle errungenen Siege, alle Heldentaten bei der Schlacht von Marathon und der Seeschlacht bei Salamis konnten nur eines erreichen: Zeit vor dem nächsten Ansturm der Perser. Diese haben eine neue Armee aufgestellt und kehren nun mit überwältigender Macht zurück, um den letzten tödlichen Schlag gegen Griechenland auszuführen. Für die Griechen, zersplittert und in der Unterzahl, gibt es nur eine Strategie: Angriff. Also nimmt Arimnestos im heißen Sommer 479 v. Chr. zum letzten Mal seinen Speer in die Hand, um bei der Schlacht von Platäa zu kämpfen.

Griechenland im Kampf gegen die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt. Als erfahrener Schiffsführer kämpft Arimnestos von Platäa in der epischen Konfrontation zwischen Griechen und Persern: der Seeschlacht von Salamis. Eine Schlacht, bei der Blutvergießen mit Blutvergießen vergolten, alter Groll beigelegt, Ruhm erlangt und Verrat entlarvt wird. Eine Schlacht, bei der Griechenland alle Differenzen begraben und vereint kämpfen muss. Denn dem Land gegenüber steht Großkönig Xerxes, der die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt zusammengebracht hat.