Rosemary Sutcliff
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Language
English
Description
From the internationally acclaimed author of The Eagle of the Ninth...The epic story of Greece's most controversial hero.
Pirate. Politician. Traitor. Lover.
In the fifth century BC, against the background of perpetually warring Greek city-states, one man towered above the chaos. His name was Alkibiades.
Friend of Socrates, sailor, warrior and incorrigible lover, he fled persecution in his native Athens to join her enemy: Sparta. However, his brilliant...