Cyrus the Great: Epic and Legendary Leaders

by Jake Jackson (Editor)

Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire and remains one of the world's most impressive rulers and military campaigners.

Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire in the 500s BCE, and sealed his pre-eminence as one of the greatest founders of empire. He conquered all major civilizations in his region and his influence reached from the Balkans in the West to the Indus river in the East. His brilliant campaigns brought vast wealth and grandeur to his homeland and a reputation for military leadership that has stood the test of time.

FLAME TREE 451 : From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

Genres: History

256 pages, Paperback

Published November 22, 2022

About the author

SF and dark fantasy author but also a writer/creator of practical music books - Beginner's Guide to Reading Music, Guitar Chords, Piano Chords, Songwriter’s Rhyming Dictionary and How to Play Guitar. Other publications include Advanced Guitar Chords, Advanced Piano Chords, Chords for Kids, How to Play the Electric Guitar, Piano & Keyboard Chords, Scales and Modes and Play Flamenco. Also editor of Mythology books 

Released EP Jakesongs on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, LastFM, etc and on CDBaby. Lifelong passion for fantastic worlds of any kind, from movies to fiction, art to music, posters, album and paperback book covers.

Jake Jackson is the artist name for Nick Wells, Publisher of Flame Tree Press / Flame Tree Publishing.

Reviews

[Paige · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was super duper on sale at the book store and now I know why. The structure is a mess and makes it a chore to read.

[Shane · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book wasn't bad exactly, but it certainly wasn't what I thought it would be. I am quite interested in Cyrus the Great although don't know a ton about him, but this book isn't truly a straight-forward history book so much as a collection of random old (ci 17th-19th centuries) writings about Cyrus. Some is mostly historical, some are explictly fiction.
The bulk is Jacob Abbott's section about excerpts from Herodotus and Xenophon, and this part was pretty interesting although fairly random; the rest is largely forgettable.
Ultimately I didn't really learn anything new about Cyrus, nor was this strictly for entertainment's sake, it's just kind of a strange mix.

[Keith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very difficult to read. The format was horrible and at times felt non-sensical.