{"product_id":"last-of-the-amazons","title":"Last Of The Amazons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling and profoundly moving tale of love and war, honour and revenge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e from Steven Pressfield, author of \u003cu\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/u\u003e \u003ci\u003eGates of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beyond the best battle scenes I''ve ever read - brutal, bloody and thoroughly gripping\" -- DIANA GABALDON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Steven Pressfield...makes the distant past seem real and immediate. This is historical fiction elevated to the status of myth.\" -- DANIEL SILVA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pressfield writes with a quality and style akin to classical legend...a joy to read\" -- JOHN WHITBOURN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gripping, un-put downable read!\" -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Great reading. Thrilling, exciting and then some.\" -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***************************************************\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTO THEM HONOUR AND LOYALTY WERE EVERYTHING...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1250 BC\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eTheseus\u003c\/b\u003e, king of \u003cb\u003eAthens \u003c\/b\u003eand slayer of the \u003cb\u003eMinotaur\u003c\/b\u003e, set sail on a journey that brought him to the land of ''tal Kyrte'', the ''Free People'', a nation of fiercely proud and passionate warrior women whom the Greeks called ''\u003cb\u003eAmazons\u003c\/b\u003e''.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLovers and fighters they owed allegiance to no man and distrusted the Greeks with their boastful talk of cities and civilization. When their illustrious war queen \u003cb\u003eAntiope \u003c\/b\u003efell in love with Theseus and fled to Athens with the king and his followers, so denying her people, the Amazon tribes were outraged. \u003cb\u003eSeeking revenge, they raised a vast army and marched on Athens.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistory tells us they could not win, but for a brief and glorious moment, the Amazons held the Attic world in thrall before vanishing into the immortal realms of myth and legend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481676423541,"sku":"9780553813869","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780553813869.jpg?v=1786089964","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/last-of-the-amazons","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}