Creation
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Published:23rd Sep '93
Should be back in stock very soon
Vidal's historical novel set in the 5th century BC and narrated by Cyrus Spitama, son of a Persian prince and Greek sorceress, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, and ambassador to the courts of India, China and Greece. Pericles, Thucydides, Sophocles and Confucius are among the book's characters.
Our greatest living historical novelist. * ANTHONY BURGESS *
An historical novel of awesome scope and scholarship. * OBSERVER *
Highly absorbing, rich in history, irony and erudition. * GUARDIAN *
Splendid, serene, magisterial. * SUNDAY TIMES *
ISBN: 9780349104751
Dimensions: 220mm x 132mm x 44mm
Weight: 442g
672 pages