Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Spartan Army (Osprey Military Elite Series, 66) by Richard Hook, Nicholas Victor Sekunda, Nick Sekunda ISBN: 1-85532-659-0 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This whole series is great!!! Buy this book.
Comment: I love this whole series of books by Osprey on the warrior elite. Great book for kids. Lots of artwork. Easy to understand history and outline of Spartan culture. Great for the novice. May be too light for the serous student of Sparta. Well worth your money. Wyatt Kaldenberg
Rating: 5
Summary: A very useful resource
Comment: There's nothing like an illustrated study of an ancient epoch to really thrust you back into the essence of what it was like to live during the period under consideration. Such is the case with this present edition from the Osprey Military ELITE SERIES.
This book is rich in the amount of information that it bestows to the reader on what it must have been like to be a Laconian warrior some 2,500 years ago. The book details a rough historical outline of the Spartans as it concentrates on the rigorous training, tactics, dress, social structure, eating habits, rituals, organization, discipline, attitudes and alliances of the Laconians.
The text is adorned with sundry pictures of artifacts and artwork from ancient Greece that bring help the reader visualize the topics being discussed by the archeologist author, Nick Sekunda. The middle pages offer lush modern illustrations of different Spartans and allies in the way scholars believe they were dressed and armed. One of the paintings depicts the key moment of Amompharetos' insubordination of Pausanias' orders @ the battle of Platea in 479BC.
For those who have the ambition to learn all they possibly can about this majestic race, this text belongs on your bookshelf. For those who have a passing curiousity in the Lacedamons, this edition serves as a superb introduction.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good informational source
Comment: On the whole the book was excellent, especially when it comes to photographs of archaeological remains. The only thing I had a problem with, being new to greek warfare, was that to get full use of the book a prior knowledge of Greek basics is needed. This would not be a book I would suggest for the introductory reader. One example of the difficulties is that he speaks of several different groups that make up the "Spartans," but never explains how they relate, who they are, etc. If you are looking for photographs of archaeological remains this is definately a book you can use and if you have a basic background in Greek warfare it will also be helpful in providing good, solid, and authoritative information.
 |
Title: Greek Hoplite 480-323 Bc (Warrior Series, 27) by Nicholas Victor Sekunda, Nick Sekunda ISBN: 1855328674 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
 |
Title: Gates of Fire : An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield ISBN: 0553580531 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 31 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
 |
Title: Thermopylae: The Battle for the West by Ernle Bradford ISBN: 0306805316 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
 |
Title: The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, from Utopia to Crisis and Collapse by Paul Cartledge ISBN: 1585674028 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
 |
Title: The Ancient Greeks (Elite Series, No 7) by Nick Sekunda, Angus McBride, Nick Secunda ISBN: 085045686X Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
