Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden

Posted April 18, 2018 by Stephanie in can't-wait wednesday / 16 Comments

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and talk about the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. It’s based on Waiting On Wednesday hosted at Breaking the Spine.


The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden
Expected publication: May 3rd 2018 


Conn Iggulden, the bestselling author of the Emperor, Conqueror and The Wars of the Roses series’ returns to the Ancient World with a ferociously bloody epic . . .

In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others.

401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India.

As many as fifty million people are his subjects.

His rule is absolute.

Though the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . .

Yet battles can be won – or lost – with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy’s empire, without support, without food and without water.

Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes’ legendary Persian warriors.

Based on one of history’s most epic stories of adventure The Falcon of Sparta masterfully depicts the ferocity, heroism, and savage bloodshed that was the Ancient World.

I’ve been obsessed with all things about Sparta lately so this book is just calling out to me. Especially since it also involves the Persian king Artaxerxes (who is the son of Xerxes I. He was a major player at Battle of Thermopylae.) I can’t wait to read about Sparta vs Persia. 

16 responses to “Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden”

  1. Silvia

    Woot, this one sounds really interesting! I already have Iggulden's the Conqueror series on my list, gotta add this one as well now 😉 Hope you really enjoy it when you get the chance to read it, Stephanie 😀

    Thanks for sharing, here's my WoW!

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  4. Lynn

    Great pick! I have never read anything by this author but his books have caught my eye a couple of times! I hope you'll enjoy this one, Stephanie! Have a wonderful week!

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