1876
5th century bc
A01=Gore Vidal
alternative history fiction
ancient greece
ancient history
ancient rome
Author_Gore Vidal
Category=FBA
china
confucius
creation
creation story
cyrus spitama
duluth
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gore vidal
greece
greek
historical fiction
hollywood
in a yellow wood
india
julian
kalki
messiah
pericles
persia
persian
sophocles
speculative fiction
thucydides
two sisters
zoroaster
Product details
- ISBN 9780349104751
- Weight: 436g
- Dimensions: 160 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 23 Sep 1993
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Gore Vidal was at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote 'The Narratives of a Golden Age' series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.
