A story set in Ancient Greece. When news reaches Athens that Persian ships are about to invade Greece at Marathon, Philip knows that his uncle and grandmother are in great danger. As his brothers and father are busy preparing for war, he is the only one who can cross the mountains and warn his family. The race is on...but will he reach them in time?

 

This book features in the following series: Flashbacks, Flashbacks Series .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Geoffrey Trease is best known as a writer of children's historical fiction. His thrilling, meticulously researched stories were pioneering in their use of female as well as male characters, and their sense of justice and fairness. He died in 1998.