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Book Description: Channel Four Books H/B, 2002. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. * Item is in very good condition and at a great price! * MassBookStore has thousands of items listed for sale right now! Satisfaction Guaranteed!*. Bookseller Inventory # mon0003161330

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Book Description: Channel 4 Books, 2002. Hardcover. Book Condition: Acceptable. Ex Library Book. Usual stamps and stickers. Tan to the pages. Minor Shelfwear. Otherwise Fine. Acceptable: a readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Bookseller Inventory # mon0000518125

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Book Description: Channel Four Books H/B, 2002. Book Condition: Good. N/A. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. {CD not included} Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Bookseller Inventory # GRP59313901

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Book Description: Channel 4 Books, 2002. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. The Spartans: An Epic History This book is in good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages will be missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in great condition and the front cover is generally unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Shipping is normally same day from our UK warehouse. We offer a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. Bookseller Inventory # W3-L3-R216G-01875

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Book Description: Channel Four Books, 2002. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good used hardback in dustjacket, very little wear all round. 285 pages, readable modern study. Bookseller Inventory # 002599

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Book Description: Channel 4 Books, 2002. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Bookseller Inventory # 001194

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Book Description: Channel Four Books, UK, 2002. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6.25" x 9.5". This title attempts to deconstruct the image of the Spartans as mythical and unknown, to present them as they say themselves - as warrior heroes, living exemplars of the values of self-sacrifice, communal endeavour and achievement against all odds. Paul Cartledge examines the evolution of their ancient society and culture, one that was significantly masculine but that allowed women an unusually dominant and powerful role. The history of this people, whose ideas have attracted many societies over the centuries, is defined in this book. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Legendary for their ferocious combat skills, the Spartans built a warrior culture in ancient Greece unsurpassed for its courage and military prowess. Eminent historian Cartledge (Spartan Reflections) provides a remarkable chronicle of Sparta's rise and fall, from its likely origins around 1100 B.C. to the height of its fame and glory in the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. and its fall in the fourth century B.C. The Spartans built their society through conquest and subjugation, ruling over their subject peoples with an iron hand and putting down revolts with devastating might. Between 490 and 479, Sparta joined Athens in fighting the Persians in three key wars-Thermopylae, Plataea and Mycale-that contributed to the demise of Persian power and the rise of Hellenistic power on the Mediterranean. Cartledge punctuates his absorbing tale with brief, engaging biographies of the city-state's kings from Lycurgus, the earliest Spartan leader, who brought constitutional law to the city, to Leonidas, who led the Spartans at Thermopylae. According to Cartledge, the Spartans' legacy to Western culture includes devotion to duty, discipline, the willingness to sacrifice individual life for the greater good of the community and the nobility of arms in a cause worth dying for. Cartledge's crystalline prose, his vivacious storytelling and his lucid historical insights combine here to provide a first-rate history of the Spartans, their significance to ancient Greece and their influence on our culture. It ties in to a PBS series to air this summer. 27 b&w illus., 3 maps. Bookseller Inventory # 28027

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Book Description: Channel Four Boks, London, 2002. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 285pp including index. colour and b/w illustrations and photographs. Bookseller Inventory # 7753

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Book Description: Channel 4, 2002. 1st edition and VG+ in a VG+ dw. No marks and not price clipped. Bookseller Inventory # 19297

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Book Description: Channel 4 Books, London, 2002. 1st. 24.5 Cms x 16 Cms. Hardback, 285 pp, 27 plates in colour & black & white, 3 maps. Fine in VG+ wrapper. Bookseller Inventory # 009910

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