by Valerio Massimo Manfredi · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467234183
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«El ejército perdido» is the historical novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (455 pages, in Spanish).
In 401 BC, Cyrus the Younger recruits Greek mercenaries to dispute the Persian throne with his brother Artaxerxes. After Cyrus's death at the Battle of Cunaxa, the Ten Thousand undertake the return to Greece through hostile lands. Manfredi recreates that legendary retreat with historical rigour, war, love and survival.
«El ejército perdido» was originally published in Italian as «L'armata perduta» in 2007; this Spanish edition, translated by José Ramón Monreal, appeared in 2009.
For readers of historical fiction and for those seeking a novelised recreation of a celebrated episode from Antiquity.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
