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"[A] sober and balanced narrative....Holland has a sense for the golden moment, is a widely read intellectual, and shows a keen wit--and the result is an engaging story that the general public will find worth relearning."Tom Holland is the author of 'Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West', published 2006 under ISBN 9780385513111 and ISBN 0385513119.
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