Carthage
Carthage
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This work completes the trilogy of historical novels that began with "Hannibal" and continued with "Scipio, Carthage", and tells of a great city's utter eradication under the rise of Rome. But its chief characters would have wished it otherwise. Both seek peace, but are caught up in war.
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Carthage by Ross Leckie
This work completes the trilogy of historical novels that began with "Hannibal" and continued with "Scipio, Carthage", and tells of a great city's utter eradication under the rise of Rome. But its chief characters would have wished it otherwise. Both seek peace, but are caught up in war.
Ross Leckie caught on to the Classics in ad 1962 at the precocious age of five. Ostracised to a school in the wilds of Kincardineshire, he soon realised that little competition in the Classics meant much opportunity.
At Oxford he found that the torch of Classical exegesis burned brightly but that most Classicists had bad breath and worked all the time.
To avoid such questions as 'Do you mean modern Greek?' he has variously farmed, taught, roughnecked, engaged in politics and written the award-winning historical novel Hannibal. Its sequel, Scipio, which sounds like the biography of a kangaroo but isn't, came next - as, he observes, sequels often do - and the third part of the trilogy, Carthage, is due out soon if it isn't already.
Now it's per ardua ad astra with novels on Aristotle and Dido. When he is not writing them, he works as director of communications for an Edinburgh investment management company and reviews for The Times. Or so he says.
At Oxford he found that the torch of Classical exegesis burned brightly but that most Classicists had bad breath and worked all the time.
To avoid such questions as 'Do you mean modern Greek?' he has variously farmed, taught, roughnecked, engaged in politics and written the award-winning historical novel Hannibal. Its sequel, Scipio, which sounds like the biography of a kangaroo but isn't, came next - as, he observes, sequels often do - and the third part of the trilogy, Carthage, is due out soon if it isn't already.
Now it's per ardua ad astra with novels on Aristotle and Dido. When he is not writing them, he works as director of communications for an Edinburgh investment management company and reviews for The Times. Or so he says.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780862419448 |
| ISBN 10 | 0862419441 |
| Titre | Carthage |
| Auteur | Ross Leckie |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Canongate Books |
| Année de publication | 2000-05-25 |
| Nombre de pages | 400 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |