Cyrus The Great
Cyrus the Great was a brilliant general who founded the Persian Empire, the greatest empire of its day. He was also the king who freed the Jews from exile at Babylon and allowed them to return to Jerusalem, with the Bible describing him as the only non-Jew "anointed by god." Cyrus influenced the US Bill of Rights and is the biblical figure to whom US President Donald Trump has been favorably compared by Christian evangelicals and the Prime Minister of Israel.
In this first-ever modern biography of Cyrus, noted historical biographer and author of 43 books Stephen Dando-Collins describes Cyrus' fraught youth, his rise to power via rebellion, his dashing military campaigns that destroyed the Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires, and his uniquely magnanimous reign.
With his usual depth of research and highly readable narrative, Dando-Collins cuts through myth and folklore to deliver a fascinating account of a fascinating life.
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Book details
- Author
- Stephen Dando-Collins
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › Middle East
History › World
History › Ancient - Topics
- Persian Empire · ancient Persia · military history · Jewish history · Babylon · ancient biography · human rights · religious history
- ISBN-13
- 9781684424375 (Paperback)9781684424382 (Hardcover)
About the author
STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS is the author of nearly 50 books, spanning children’s novels, biographies, and military history from ancient Greece and Rome through World War I and World War II. His books have been translated into more than eight languages, including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Albanian, and Korean.
Dando-Collins is considered an authority on the legions of ancient Rome, with decades of research culminating in Legions of Rome.
Stephen lives in Tasmania, Australia.