Fermor, Patrick Leigh - The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos | Book

Fermor, Patrick Leigh - The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos | Book

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Fermor, Patrick Leigh - The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos | BookThe long awaited final volume of the trilogy by Patrick Leigh Fermor hailed as the greatest travel writer of his generation. The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos is the posthumously published final volume of Patrick Leigh Fermors travel trilogy, which recounts his journey across Europe in the early 1930s. The book picks up where Between the Woods and the Water left off, covering his travels through Bulgaria and Romania, before

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Another good addition to this publisher's collection. The book is well organized, flows well and is very readable. The main thing I have like about this series is that they don't just cover the "highlights," although they do a good job on those, but how they cover more of the daily lives of the people. I was surprised at exactly how hard the people's lives were by choice, not just men but woman as well. I can't imagine being drafted into the military at age 5 or 6 and staying there until you were thirty. And eating "black soup" a concoction made of pork, pigs' blood, onions, salt and vinegar. To paraphrase a quote, it's no wonder Spartans were prepared to die when all you eat was this soup! I was also surprised by the freedoms including education and land ownership of the woman of Sparta giving the era.....and the sexual freedom they had was more surprising. There is a lot more information of interest. This is a good book and most will enjoy reading it

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Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2022

tburbr

New York, US

★★★★★ 4

Interesting

Format: Kindle

This was a well written and entertaining overview of the Spartans. The information was well put together and easy to understand. I received an ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving my honest review.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2022

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Hawk

Cuba, US

★★★★★ 5

An Enthralling Overview of the Proud Spartans

Format: Kindle

This is a very good book. It is well researched and extremely well written. It is easy to read and easy to understand. Although this book is just an overview of the Greek city-state of Sparta, it does very well cover Sparta's unique history. Learn about Sparta's rise in military fame and the battles they fought. Learn how all of Sparta trained to become the healthiest and fittest city-state in Greece. Learn about daily life for all the classes of people in Sparta, even the kings and queens. Learn how Sparta became independent and supplied everything the city-state needed. This book is well worth reading and I highly recommend it. It will be a great book to add to anyone's history shelf.

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Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2022

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D Kahn

Chelsea, US

★★★★★ 5

Magnificent review of Sparta

Format: Kindle

A beautiful review of Sparta. Indications of where training in warfare and preparation for our Special Forces(Green Berets, Navy Seals) comes from

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Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2022