Heroes by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
A story of heroism told through eight famous lives -- from Achilles to Sir Francis Drake.
Praise for Lucy Hughes-Hallet's first book, CLEOPATRA: 'Brilliant and discursive' ANTONIA FRASER, THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Fascinating, wide-ranging, highly-coloured, hugely energetic.' HILARY SPURLING, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Lucy Hughes-Hallett writes very well, with a sometimes epigrammatic edge... Quite brilliantly she elicits from the publicised extravagance of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor's real-life, jet-set reprise of Antony and Cleopatra, an essay on the spiritual worth of prodigality, seen as a Rabelaisian, Dionysian 'holy foolishness'' JOHN UPDIKE, NEW YORK TIMES 'A delightful book, written with grace and intelligence and brimming with entertaining illustrations and bizarre information' CHRISTOPHER HUDSON, EVENING STANDARD
Lucy Hughes-Hallett is the author of CLEOPATRA: HISTORIES, DREAMS AND DISTORTIONS which was published in 1990 to wide acclaim. CLEOPATRA won the Fawcett Prize and the Emily Toth Award. Lucy Hughes-Hallett reviews for the Sunday Times. This is her second book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781857026801 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857026802 |
| Title | Heroes |
| Author | Lucy Hughes-Hallett |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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