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The Republic of Vengeance - Couverture rigide

Waters, Paul

 
9781590201428: The Republic of Vengeance
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ISBN 10 : 1590201426 ISBN 13 : 9781590201428
Editeur : Overlook Books, 2009

Synopsis

An exceptional debut in the tradition of Mary Renault and Steven Pressfield.

A consuming story of love, loss, and redemption set in the classical world of Rome and Greece, The Republic of Vengeance is the story of a young man's pursuit of his father's murderer and of the values and qualities he develops that will make him a man-a man capable of a deep, noble, and enduring love.

At the end of the third century B.C., as Republican Rome's long war with Carthage was at last drawing to a close, it was already threatened by a new enemy, Philip, the tyrant king of Macedon in the east. Into this turbulent world emerges our Roman hero, Marcus, whose father is brutally murdered by pirates on a journey from Italy to Corfu on a visit to his uncle. Fate takes him to some of the great cities of the Greco-Roman world at a time of major turbulence, where he learns much and finds love unexpectedly.

This debut novel explores political and philosophical questions that are as timeless as democracy and tyranny, war and self-defense, right and duty, as well as questions of love, loyalty, and betrayal. In the tradition of Mary Renault, Steven Pressfield, and Robert Graves, The Republic of Vengeance is a remarkable, beautifully written work of love, loss, and redemption.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

An exceptional debut in the tradition of Mary Renault and Steven Pressfield.

A consuming story of love, loss, and redemption set in the classical world of Rome and Greece, The Republic of Vengeance is the story of a young man's pursuit of his father's murderer and of the values and qualities he develops that will make him a man-a man capable of a deep, noble, and enduring love.

At the end of the third century B.C., as Republican Rome's long war with Carthage was at last drawing to a close, it was already threatened by a new enemy, Philip, the tyrant king of Macedon in the east. Into this turbulent world emerges our Roman hero, Marcus, whose father is brutally murdered by pirates on a journey from Italy to Corfu on a visit to his uncle. Fate takes him to some of the great cities of the Greco-Roman world at a time of major turbulence, where he learns much and finds love unexpectedly.

This debut novel explores political and philosophical questions that are as timeless as democracy and tyranny, war and self-defense, right and duty, as well as questions of love, loyalty, and betrayal. In the tradition of Mary Renault, Steven Pressfield, and Robert Graves, The Republic of Vengeance is a remarkable, beautifully written work of love, loss, and redemption.

Revue de presse

"Naomi Mitchison, Mary Renault, Rosemary Sutclif, William Golding and classicist Paul Waters deserve to be mentioned in the same breath."
- Paul Cartledge, author of Thermopylae

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Éditeur
Overlook Books
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1590201426
ISBN 13 
9781590201428
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
480
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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