Lion: 'Brings war in the ancient world to vivid, gritty and bloody life' ANTHONY RICHES (The Golden Age) Paperback – January 1, 2023

Another great book about my favorite epoch, classical Greece, where democracy was born, and Hellas was united against Persia and later Sparta. The title Lion referes to Pericles, son of Xanthippus, who stood at Marathon, and later became a powerful politician. We follow Pericles as he grows up and becomes a name in Athens, and as he fights in the war against Persia, when they come again.The book is well written, the formatting is fine, except that I prefer the indentations a bit more than just two spaces. There are very few mistakes, the worst one is this: «While Pericles had been forced to sit with his evacuated family …»To evacuate is to «make empty». Many writers use this verb wrong. A good tip is to replace the word with «empty». If the sentence still makes sense, you’ve used the verb correctly. You evacuate buildings, cities, vehicles, ships, but never ever people or animals.I also reacted to the word «practise» before I realized that’s how Brits spell the word.I enjoyed the book greatly and chose to award it five stars.

I purchased every book as it becomes available. I love the easy flow and find myself immersed in the story even when I know how it will end according to history. However, when “Lion” became available I purchased it only to find that it is the same book as “The Lion”. Why is this happening! Same thing happened with the Dunstan series.

Conn Iggulden brings these two thousand year old stories to life in vivid detail. Amazing author! I love all his series.