The Harvest Of War

Author : Stephen P. Kershaw
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639362355
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harvest of War written by Stephen P. Kershaw and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since Athens, the birthplace of democracy, fought off the mighty Persian Empire. This is the story of the three epic battles—Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis—that saved democracy, forever altering the history of Europe and the West. In 2022 it will be 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by Xerxes, the Persian king. This astonishing clash between East and West still has resonances in modern history—and has left us with tales of heroic resistance in the face of seemingly hopeless odds. The Harvest of War makes use of recent archaeological and geological discoveries in this thrilling and timely retelling of the story, originally told by Herodotus, the Father of History. In 499 BC, when the rich, sophisticated Greek communities of Ionia on the western coast of modern Turkey rebel from their Persian overlord Darius I, Athens sends ships to help them. Darius crushes the Greeks in a huge sea battle near Miletus and then invades Greece. Standing alone against the powerful Persian army, the soldiers of Athens' newly democratic state—a system which they have invented—unexpectedly repel Darius's forces on the planes of Marathon. After their victory, the Athenians strike a rich vein of silver in their state-owned mining district, and decide to spend the windfall on building a fleet of state-of-the-art warships. Persia wants revenge. The next Persian king, Xerxes, assembles a vast multinational force, constructs a bridge of boats across the Hellespont, digs a canal through the Mount Athos peninsula, and bears down on Greece. Trusting in their "wooden walls," the Athenians station their ships at Artemisium, where they and the weather prevent the Persians landing forces in the rear of the land forces under the Spartan King Leonidas at the nearby pass of Thermopylae. Xerxes's assault is a disastrous failure, until a traitor shows him a mountain track that leads behind the Greeks. Leonidas dismisses the Greek troops, but remains in the pass with his 300 Spartan warriors where they are overwhelmed in an heroic last stand. Athens is sacked by the Persians. Democracy is hanging by a thread. But the Athenians convince the Greek allies to fight on in the narrow waters by the island of Salamis. Despite the heroism of the Persian female commander Artemisia, the Persian fleet is destroyed. The Harvest of War concludes by exploring the ideas that the decisive battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis mark the beginnings of Western civilization itself—and that Greece became the bulwark of the West—representing the values of peace, freedom, and democracy in a region historically ravaged by instability and war.

Author : Martin Davis
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 1642373567
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harvest War written by Martin Davis and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I feel that my novel provides a unique plot that crosses the common lines of science and religion. I wanted to make the reader stop and think about the possibilities of our world and the nature of mankind. I knew that I had to have an especially unique idea because science fiction is such a flooded field. Alex Shepherd is a promising young marine with a dream of excelling in his career and marrying the love of his life, Kate. All hope for this ideal life is lost when the earth is invaded by a hostile alien force that mysteriously has the same name as the biblical, highest order of angels: the Seraphim. Coming in at just over 60,000 words, The Harvest War is an action-packed, science fiction thriller with religious themes. The novel takes the reader on a sprawling journey through an apocalyptic America, with fascinating discoveries about the evolution of humankind.

Author : John Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429710763
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harvest Of Fear written by John Murphy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did fears of the Cold War shape Australian images of Asia? What was the nature of the Vietnamese revolution, which some 50 000 Australian troops failed to reverse in the 1960s? How did a small and marginal peace movement grow into the powerful Moratorium and did it have any impact on the course of the War? Harvest of Fear is a beautifully craf

Author : Charles K. Mills
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803236840
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harvest of Barren Regrets written by Charles K. Mills and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glendale, Calif.: b A.H. Clark Co., 1985.

Author : Joe Walker
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781461021902
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harvest of Death written by Joe Walker and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-04-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ** This is a revised Second Edition - April 2014 ** **The editing issues that were in the original work have been corrected. In addition, the revised second edition now includes over forty pages of additional photographs, some never before published, of the commanders as well as how the battlefield looks today from several key places on the battlefield.** In the spring of 1864 following the failed Red River Campaign, two vast armies marched across Southern Arkansas. The Federal Army, trying desperately to get back to the safety of Little Rock, having marched toward Louisiana in support of the Union's failed invasion of Texas was running out of food and supplies. Union General Frederick Steele knew he had to get his army back to the safety of Little Rock if they were to survive. In hot pursuit of the Federals were thousands of Confederates under command of General Edmund Kirby Smith. Their mission: destroy the Union Army at all cost. As both armies marched north toward Little Rock, the rain that had plagued the march early on had returned with a vengeance, turning the Federal retreat into a mud march. Standing in the way of the Federal retreat was the rain swollen Saline River crossing at Jenkins' Ferry. The frustrated Federals were forced to construct a pontoon bridge across the rising river slowing their march, enabling the Confederates to close the gap. The resulting Battle of Jenkins' Ferry was one of the largest and certainly one of the most vicarious in Arkansas Civil War history. Harvest of Death: the Battle of Jenkins ' Ferry, Arkansas is the first major work dedicated to the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry in fifty years. Author Joe Walker tells the story of two armies and their epic clash alongside the Saline River. Through the use of previously unpublished photographs and stories, Walker brings the battle to life as never before. Through the use of a previously unpublished map of the battle, drawn by a Confederate Engineer shortly after the battle, Walker shows the battle in a completely new light and changes forever the way historians believed the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry was fought. Walker also discusses the discovery of previously forgotten accounts of the battle that suggest the Federal Army used more that skill and tactics to out battle the Confederates - they may have outwitted and defeated the Confederates through one altered courier dispatch - an alteration that may have affected the outcome of the battle and changed the balance of power in Civil War Arkansas. The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas was one of the most violent Civil War battles in our history with accusations of atrocities committed by both sides. It will make you rethink the history of Civil War Arkansas.

Author : Hilary Green
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1780102798
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harvest of War written by Hilary Green and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring and tempestuous First World War saga – the second instalment in the Leonora Trilogy. - 1916. The remnants of the Serbian army are holed up in the Greek city of Salonika. Working as a volunteer with the Red Cross, feisty young Englishwoman Leonora Malham Brown has secretly become the lover of their colonel, the dashing Sasha Malkovic. Meanwhile, Leo’s fiancé Tom, engulfed in the horrors of the Somme, discovers a shocking secret about Leo’s brother, Ralph. And Leo herself is keeping a secret from Sasha . . . Tragedy and heartbreak will follow before Leo has a chance of happiness.

Author : Hilary Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781407936581
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harvest of War written by Hilary Green and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1916. Working as a volunteer with the Red Cross, feisty young Englishwoman Leonora Malham Brown has secretly become the lover of the dashing Colonel Sasha Malkovic. Meanwhile Leo's fiancé Tom is engulfed in the horrors of the Somme, where he discovers a shocking secret about Leo's brother Ralph.

Author : Stephen Bradford Marte
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781483992563
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summer, Harvest, War written by Stephen Bradford Marte and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical fiction series "The Wandering King" is based on events described in "The History" by the father of history, Herodotus. People know the story of King Leonidas and the famous last stand of the 300 Spartans at the pass of Thermopylae, but many of Herodotus' best stories have never gotten any press. For instance, Leonidas was one of four brothers who fought for the Spartan throne. Some historians theorize that Leonidas may have decided to sacrifice himself in the pass because if he'd returned home to Sparta, he might have been put on trial for murder - the murder of his eldest brother Cleomenes, whose sudden and mysterious death made Leonidas king. Recent books and movies on the subject tend to leave out the facts that Leonidas was a twin and that his wife Gorgo was Cleomenes' daughter, making her Leonidas' niece.Though Leonidas is a character in “The Wandering King,” this is not his story. The novel is told from the perspective of Leonidas' nephew, Euryanax, who is mentioned by Herodotus as a Greek commander at the climactic Battle of Plataea during the Persian War. The novel begins: “I am called Euryanax and I am a Spartan. In the Dorian tongue, 'eury' means wandering and 'anax' means king. The Wandering King. From my name comes my story …”The first book in the series, "Summer, Harvest, War," is based on events that take place thirty years before Thermopylae, when Euryanax's father Dorieus and his uncle Cleomenes quarreled over the succession at Sparta and Dorieus left Greece to build a new colony in Libya, where he is the first among the Spartans to go to war with the Persian Empire and its allies Phoenicia and Carthage. It is no small wonder that Euryanax is called the 'wandering king.' His father was a king in his own right and fought his way across Libya, Italy and Sicily. Join Euryanax as he wanders from Sparta to North Africa where he comes into contact with the nomadic tribes of the Nasamone and takes part in the siege of the Phoenician stronghold at Oea. Venture with him to the city of merchants, Corinth, fight pirates in the Ionian Sea, and sail with the Spartans to the Temple of Apollo where Euryanax learns his fate from the Delphic Oracle. Exotic locales and peoples, action, adventure, land battles, sea battles, Olympic-style games, "The Wandering King" has all this and more.

Author : Oisin McGann
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141348690
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings of the Realm: War's Harvest written by Oisin McGann and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in an epic fantasy tie-in series for the global release of the online strategy game Kings of the Realm. They've sown the seeds of war, but they won't reap the harvest . . . Chasing immortality, a group of Trinity veterans - led by the famous Giddion Warnock - open a long-forgotten tomb in the plain of Ahten, releasing an ancient and hungry evil. Vallen, Giddion's younger brother, escapes the tomb and races across the realm to warn of the world-destroying Devourers that have been unleashed. But will anyone believe him? War's Harvest follows Vallen and the fortunes of those of he meets across the continent - from Tolka, a Celestial ambassador to Squall, an Earth Clan warrior and Seliza, a Salamander witch - as they betray allegiances, forge alliances and watch their homelands destroyed. Exciting and fast paced, War's Harvest provides an engrossing history to the vivid world that Kings of the Ream players experience online. *** Based on the massive multiplayer (MMO) fantasy strategy game Kings of the Realm. For the first time in gaming history, gamers can engage seamlessly on any internet device.*** *** Already a #1 on independent game watchlists, Kings of the Realm has begun to build an avid online following.*** ***This book gives players a closer view of the world, with an epic adventure set immediately before online gameplay begins.*** ***Contains exclusive clues and insights for players of how the gameplay operates. Key characters and objects in War's' Harvest will be available as playable items in the game.*** ***Perfect for fans of George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones, David Gemmell, Robert Jordan and MMO games such as Civilization V, World of Warcraft andWarhammer Online.*** ***Future books will feature real players as part of the story, creating a fully interactive reading and playing opportunity for gamers.*** About the Author: Oisín McGann is a full-time author and illustrator. He has written and illustrated over twenty-five books for all ages of reader, in genres ranging from science fiction to fantasy, from comedy horror to conspiracy thriller. He is married with three children, a dog and a cat. Oisín now lives somewhere in the Irish countryside, where he won't be heard shouting at his computer. *Dont miss Kings of the Realm: Cruel Salvation, the second novel in the series , coming in 2014.*

Author : Jan Smolders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781635241426
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harvest of War written by Jan Smolders and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War ll. 1944. Summertime. Dr. Bruno Van Dam takes care of the citizens of German-occupied Ramsel, Belgium, whatever their politics, resistance fighters, collaborators, or ordinary citizens. Secretly, however, he hides a Jewish orphan and two British pilots. Then his son Eric happens to be one of four youngsters who get picked up in town by the German military and forcibly transported to Germany, presumably to work in a work camp, where atrocious treatment and starvation are regular fare Matters get dangerous and complicated as the doctor fights huge odds to get his son freed using all, even questionable means.