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Vansittart, Peter

A Choice of Murder

Peter Owen, 1992

25,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1992
ISBN
0720608325
Luogo di stampa
London
Autore
Vansittart, Peter
Editori
Peter Owen
Edizione
1st UK Edition.
Soggetto
SICILY ANCIENT GREECE IN FICTION TIMOLEON
Descrizione
As New
Descrizione
H
Sovracoperta
Stato di conservazione
In ottimo stato
Legatura
Rilegato
Copia autografata
No
Prima edizione

Descrizione

'. a sophisticated, thought-provoking historical novel, set in ancient Greece and Sicily. The protagonist is fourth-century B.C. soldier and political leader Timoleon of Syracuse, who liberated that city from the control of Carthage. Keeping dialogue to a minimum, Vansittart delves into Timo's life and career, supplying a political motive for his murder of his older brother, sketching his wanderings in exile and his induction into the Eleusinian mysteries, then depicting his triumphant return to his native Corinth. Vansittart does a credible job of resurrecting an almost forgotten statesman and in elucidating the idea of ``Hellas'--a loose group of independent but culturally related city-states--which found its last champion in Timo; an ancient way of life died with him. A fine meditation on Western civilization at an early crossroads." As New . except for inked stamp of bookstore on endpaper.