by Valerio Massimo Manfredi · DEBOLSILLO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788499080628
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«El ejército perdido» is the historical novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, published by Debolsillo in hardback (464 pages, in Spanish).
In 401 BC, the Persian Cyrus the Younger recruits the Greek mercenaries left unemployed by the war between Athens and Sparta to dispute the throne with his brother Artaxerxes. After Cyrus's death at Cunaxa, the Ten Thousand are left abandoned in hostile territory; Xenophon takes command of the retreat, accompanied by Abira, who gave up everything for love.
Originally published in Italian as «L'armata perduta», translated into Spanish by José Ramón Monreal. Bancarella Prize 2008.
For readers of historical novels and epic adventures set in classical antiquity.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
