ARGONAUT BOOKS

'The Persians are coming'. With her mother's dying words, ten-year-old Gorgo of Sparta is plunged into a dangerous world of vengeful gods, invincible heroes and an empire that threatens to sweep across the globe. Reviews This is the first book for children by the historian and podcaster Tom Holland and, boy, he doesn't muck about. Straight away, we are thrown into the wild and violent world of myth… Jason Cockcroft's cinematic illustrations of warriors creeping through forests and Greeks and Persians in battle elevate it into something special.Children's books of the...Read More