by Valerio Massimo Manfredi · GRIJALBO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788425342448
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«El ejército perdido» is a historical novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi published by Grijalbo in hardcover (464 pages, in Spanish).
In 401 BC, Cyrus the Younger gathers Greek mercenaries to dispute the throne with his brother Artaxerxes. After his death at Cunaxa, the Ten Thousand are trapped in hostile land. Xenophon takes command and leads the retreat; Abira, who follows him for love, narrates that epic adventure and its passions.
Originally published as «L'armata perduta», with translation by José Ramón Monreal; it won the Bancarella Prize in 2008.
For readers of historical novels set in classical antiquity and adventure stories with a romantic thread.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
