{"product_id":"persian-fire","title":"PERSIAN FIRE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tom Holland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Little Brown \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePagination:\u003c\/strong\u003e 418pp, 34 colour \u0026amp; b\/w illustrations, maps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Card covers rubbed at edges. Good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of Greece. Its success should have been a formality as, in the space of a single generation, the Persians had swept across the Near East to form an empire which stretched from India to the Aegean. Yet astonishingly, against the largest expeditionary force ever assembled, the Greeks managed to hold out and the Persians were turned back.","brand":"Military History Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67668675461419,"sku":"14061","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/militaryhistorybooks.com\/products\/persian-fire","provider":"Military History Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}