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Excerpt: "It was morning on the plains of Asia. Long-legged herons stood in the shallows of the yellow Jaxartes, bathing their feet in its sluggish flood and warming their bodies in the first rays of the sun. They were silently and uneasily watching a host of armed men drawn out in long battle-lines across the lowlands bordering the southern margin of the stream Where the armed host stood was a sandy plain, about two miles wide. Beyond this was a low range of sand-hills, which trended away to the southeast, enlarging the plain as they receded from the river. Cutting through hills and plain to join the river-bed was a dry water-course, where, in winters only, a torrent flowed. In it were some stunted trees and scattered thickets of shrubs. To the north of the river was a vast plain on which the dry, yellow grass had been withered by summer sun and wind. Far in the east appeared dimly through a blue haze the summits of high mountains. Westward the river had yet to flow half its length to the Oxian swamps. Here it was wide and shallow and its banks were low and marshy. The rays of the sun sparkled on the brazen breastplates and shining blades of battle-axes, on the spear-points and gilded helmets, of two hundred thousand men, who here awaited the approach of a far more numerous host coming down from the east along the river towards them. The light rested softly upon the stern, bearded faces of veterans of many wars and the softer cheeks of young men on this, their first campaign. They were men of Iran for the most part, though some were Assyrians, Babylonians, Arabs, Hebrews, or Greeks from the Ionian cities. They were followers of Cyrus, the King of Kings, the Great King, ever victorious Lord of the World."
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Fantasy
Length9 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I THE GREAT KING’S LAST BATTLE
12CHAPTER XII THE FORCE OF AN OATH
2CHAPTER II AN OATH
13CHAPTER XIII A CLASH OF WILLS
3CHAPTER III PREXASPES
14CHAPTER XIV THE WAR AGAINST EGYPT
4CHAPTER IV ATHURA
15CHAPTER XV THE MADNESS OF CAMBYSES
5CHAPTER V CAMBYSES
16CHAPTER XVI THE END OF OATH-KEEPING
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6CHAPTER VI PERSEPOLIS
17CHAPTER XVII THE EARLESS KING
7CHAPTER VII “I AM CYRUS, THE KING, THE ACHÆMENIAN!”
18CHAPTER XVIII THE SPIDER’S WEB
8CHAPTER VIII A ROYAL COUNCIL AND A ROYAL HUNT
19CHAPTER XIX A GALLOPING TO AND FRO
9CHAPTER IX THE DEEPER THINGS
20CHAPTER XX THE OVERTHROW OF THE MAGI
10CHAPTER X A FAREWELL FEAST
21CHAPTER XXI KING OF KINGS
11CHAPTER XI THE GREAT KING INTRODUCES A STRANGE CUSTOM
