- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: PublishAmerica (July 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1413774121
- ISBN-13: 978-1413774122
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,429,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the year 338 BC on the plain of Chaeronea, a war was fought between the allied armies of Thebes and Athens against the might of Macedon, ruled by King Philip and his son Alexander the Great. In that bloody battle, Thebes was defeated and lost almost every man of its exclusive fighting force called the Sacred Band. Nikanoras, born the only son of an aristocrat, is sent to train with a mentor and find a male lover in order to be selected to serve with the Sacred Band of Thebes. Unknown to Nikanoras, his mentor holds a treacherous secret over his father and is in love with his mother. After Nikanoras is sent away to training, his mother and mentor kill his father and hope Nikanoras will die in war. Throughout the murderous intrigue, Nikanoras’ one saving grace is his lover—beautiful Meleagros, the only thing in his life that is stable. Together they face their destiny—to live or die in battle.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Heroes tribute,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Band of Thebes (Paperback)
This novel is an excellent compainion piece for her first work, 'In the Shadow of Alexander'. She explores the little known shock fighting force that faced King Philip in battle on the plains of Charonea. Meet the unsung heroes of that battle up close and personal in her fictional account of a young aristocrat of Thebes training to become one of the elite.
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3.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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The Sacred Band deserves better tribute.,
By Bradley Bergman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Band of Thebes (Paperback)
Unfortunately for me, the book started on a weak leg and never achieved the level of writing or historical authenticity I was hoping for. Historical references are splashed about as if to remind the reader that the author did her research instead of being woven into the storytelling as a seamless tapestry that happens to occur during a certain period in history. As such, the storytelling seems very self-conscious and I never achieved a level of total immersion in the characters or the story.I also found the convoluted language (not just in the dialogue, but in the writing overall) distracting to the story itself. Was the author trying to imitate a pre-English way of speaking through over-use of commas and reverse sentence structure? If so it did not work for me and again resulted in the self-conscious presence of the storyteller in the work itself. This subject matter is rich with potential and begging for a better tribute to the memory of the valiant soldiers and lovers who perished on the field of battle. 4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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a hero's tribute,
By M/M fan "Michael Wayne" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Band of Thebes (Paperback)
This novel is an excellent companion piece to her first work, 'In the Shadow of Alexander'. She explores the little known shock fighting force that faced King Philip in battle on the plains of Charonea. Meet the unsung heroes of that battle up close and personal in her fictional account of a young aristocrat of Thebes training to become one of the elite.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Weak and disappointing,
By polemarch "lokhos" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Band of Thebes (Paperback)
I was very disappointed in this book; it didn't integrate research and character well. We all know the story of the Sacred Band of Thebes. This book presents nothing new, and presents it without enough muscle or force of narrative. The training and battle scenes are weak. It presents itself as nonfiction in its title and cover treatment and that can be misleading.
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