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y separately published work icon Destiny Unfolds single work   novel   historical fiction  
Alternative title: A Pyrrhic Victory : Destiny Unfolds
Is part of A Pyrrhic Victory Ian Crouch , 2010 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Destiny Unfolds
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'Following up from the award-winning first volume of this trilogy, The Shaping of Destiny, Pyrrhus is now comfortable in his role of king of Epirus. It is 295 BC. He is soon to be embroiled again in his dealings with the great power, Macedonia, and his one-time friend, Demetrius. The cataclysmic event of his life then occurs: the invitation to help the Greek city of Tarentum in Italy. He invades Italy and confronts the growing power of Rome. This struggle between Greece and Rome lasted until 146 BC, the year of the sack of Corinth. It was Pyrrhus' second victory against the Romans at Asculum in 279 BC that gave rise to the expression - A Pyrrhic Victory - one that comes at such a cost that it threatens to destroy the victor.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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    Greece,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 295 BCE
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