#1 – Lion
Pericles comes of age in an Athens transformed by victory over Persia but divided over how its new power should be used. Living in the shadow of his father Xanthippus, he competes with Cimon for military distinction and political influence as the Delian League carries the…
#2 – Empire
Pericles has become Athens’s dominant statesman, but the city’s wealth and naval empire bring resentment from allies and growing confrontation with Sparta. He must defend his political programme against rivals at home while commanders and assemblies push the Greek world towards war. The novel portrays the…