Книга: Michael Curtis Ford «The Last King: Rome`s Greatest Enemy»
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Производитель: "Macmillan Publishers" To the Romans, the greatest enemy the Republic ever faced was not the Goths or Huns, nor even Hannibal, but rather a ferocious and brilliant king on the distant Black Sea: Mithridates Eupator VI, the last king of Pontus, known to history as Mithridates the Great. At age eleven, he inherited a small mountain kingdom of wild tribesmen whom his wicked mother governed in his place. Sweeping to power at twenty-one-years-old, he proved to be a military genius and a man intent on ousting the Romans from the Black Sea coast territories. For over forty years, Rome sent its greatest generals to contain Mithridates, but time and again he embarrassed the Romans with devastating defeats. Each time Rome declared victory, Mithridates considered it merely a strategic retreat and soon came roaring back with a more powerful army than before. From the author of the acclaimed`The Ten Thousand and Gods and Legions`, comes a fascinating recreation of a wickedly cunning and ruthless king who would stop at nothing to protect his people-and who would go down in history as one of the greatest and most formidable warriors of the ancient world. Издательство: "Macmillan Publishers" (2005)
ISBN: 978-0-312-93615-0 |
Michael Curtis Ford
Michael Curtis Ford is an American historical novelist, writing novels about Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. He has worked variously as a laborer, a ski patrolman, a musician, a consultant, a banker, a Latin teacher, and a translator. He holds degrees in Economics and Linguistics and lives in Oregon, where he and his wife homeschool their three children. He has also written numerous articles on ancient military themes. Contrary to popular conception, he did not write the books: The Fire of Ares, Birth of a Warrior, and Legacy of Blood. On his website he states-
"In response to multiple requests from readers regarding the subject matter of my 'next book', The Fire of Ares: Spartan Quest: very sorry to disappoint, but that is not my next book! After some investigation, I have found that Fire of Ares is apparently a 'young adult'-level book written by a British author with a name disconcertingly similar to my own, Michael Ford."
Novels
- The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece (2001)
- Gods And Legions: A Novel of the Roman Empire (2002)
- The Last King: Rome's Greatest Enemy (2004)
- The Sword of Attila: A Novel of the Last Years of Rome (2005)
- The Fall of Rome: A Novel of a World Lost (2007)
External links
- American novelists
- American historical novelists
- Living people
- Writers of historical fiction set in Antiquity
Источник: Michael Curtis Ford
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