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Book Synopsis Heroes (formerly Talisman of Troy) by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Heroes (formerly Talisman of Troy) written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another grandiose and brutal epic of the ancient world from the bestselling author of the Alexander trilogy A castaway tossed onto a deserted beach is the last survivor of a world that no longer exists. He has a terrible, fascinating story to tell--the true reason for which the Trojan War was fought. The protagonist of this tale is Diomedes, the last of the great ancient Greek Homeric heroes, who seeks to return to his beloved homeland after years of war against Troy. But destiny has other plans for him. Betrayed by his wife, who plots to murder him and persecuted by hostile gods, he has no choice but to turn his sails west, towards Hesperia, the mysterious mist-shrouded land that will one day be called Italy. He ventures boldly into this new world, for he carries with him the magic Talisman of Troy, a mysterious, powerful idol that can make the nation that possesses it invincible.
Book Synopsis The Talisman of Troy by : Valerio Manfredi
Download or read book The Talisman of Troy written by Valerio Manfredi and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another grandiose and brutal epic of the ancient world from the bestselling author of the Alexander trilogy, Spartan and The Last Legion no longer exists. He has a terrible, fascinating story to tell - the true reason for which the Trojan War was fought... Homeric heroes, who seeks to return to his beloved homeland after years of war against Troy. But destiny has other plans for him. Betrayed by his wife, who plots to murder him and persecuted by hostile gods, he has no choice but to turn his sails west, towards Hesperia, the mysterious mist-shrouded land that will one day be called Italy. He ventures boldly into this new world, for he carries with him the magic Talisman of Troy, a mysterious, powerful idol that can make the nation that possesses it invincible... and brutal. It breathes life into that tormented time when these ancient, mysterious peoples were first settling the land of ice and fire which over the centuries would become their home and the centre of a world destined to last for millennia.
Book Synopsis Talisman of Troy by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Talisman of Troy written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-12-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A castaway tossed onto a deserted beach is the last survivor of a world that no longer exists. He has a terrible, fascinating story to tell - the true reason for which the Trojan War was fought... The protagonist of this tale is Diomedes, the last of the great ancient Greek Homeric heroes, who seeks to return to his beloved homeland after years of war against Troy. But destiny has other plans for him. Betrayed by his wife, who plots to murder him and persecuted by hostile gods, he has no choice but to turn his sails west, towards Hesperia, the mysterious mist-shrouded land that will one day be called Italy. He ventures boldly into this new world, for he carries with him the magic Talisman of Troy, a mysterious, powerful idol that can make the nation that possesses it invincible...
Book Synopsis The Ancient Curse by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book The Ancient Curse written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Ancient Curse is a thrilling archaeological mystery with a supernatural twist. In the darkest hours of the night at the Museum of Volterra, young archaeologist Fabrizio Castellani is immersed in his work. He has discovered that the famous Etruscan statue known as the 'shade of twilight' contains a mysterious object, seemingly enclosed within the sculpture itself. He is suddenly interrupted by the phone ringing – on the other end of the line an icy female voice warns him to abandon his research at once. A series of gruesome killings follow. The victims, who have all been involved in the desecration of an unexplored tomb, seem to have been torn to pieces by a beast of unimaginable size. Meanwhile, as Fabrizio excavates the Etruscan tomb he discovers something extraordinary, and chilling . . . Will Fabrizio manage to unravel these secrets without being sucked into the spiral of violence himself?
Book Synopsis The Tower by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book The Tower written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Tower is a modern thriller solving an ancient mystery. AD 70. A ferocious, mysterious force hidden in a solitary tower annihilated a squad of Roman soldiers advancing through the Sahara desert. There was a single survivor: the Etruscan diviner Avile Vipinas, who later described the horror of the creature in the tower and suggested how it could be destroyed. Nearly 2,000 years later, to find the tower and solve its unutterable mystery, three men venture into the heart of the Sahara: an archaeologist following the traces of his father, a colonel from the Foreign Legion thirsting for revenge, and a priest who puts his faith to the ultimate test. Just what is the dark being that slumbers in the tower?
Book Synopsis The Oracle by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book The Oracle written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Oracle is a modern thriller inspired by an ancient prophecy. 1973. Professor Periklis Harvatis, working alone and late into the night on an important archaeological dig, unearths a magnificent golden vase upon which the enigmatic images of a long-lost second Odyssey are engraved, showing the mystery of Ulysses' final voyage. But in the very same chamber, the Professor sees something so frightening that less than seven hours later he dies . . . but not before he has ensured the safety of the vase. Ten years later, a series of gruesome deaths connected to the rape and murder during the student protests in Athens of a Greek woman, on the same night as Professor Harvatis's discovery, is perplexing the authorities. Each atrocity is accompanied by a dire quotation from the ancient sources, exposing an ingeniously cruel mind. Who is behind these murders? How are these two events connected? And what is the significance of the age-old prophecy of the Odyssey?
Book Synopsis Empire of Dragons by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Empire of Dragons written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anatolia, AD 260. The Roman outpost of Edessa is on its last legs after the Persian siege, and Roman Emperor Publius Licinius Valerianus agrees to meet his adversary to negotiate peace. But the meeting is a trap and the Emperor ends up in enemy hands, along with the commander of his personal guard, Marcus Metellus Aquila, and ten of his most valiant and trusted men. Their destiny is sealed: they will rot away in a mine, forced into slavery. But Metellus - legate of the Second Augusta Legion, hero of the empire - and his men break free and find shelter at an oasis, where they meet a mysterious, exiled prince. The Romans become the prince's private militia, agreeing to safeguard the prince's journey back to his homeland, Sera Maior, the mythical Kingdom of Silk - China. And so they begin an extraordinary and epic journey through the forests of India, the Himalayan mountains, the deserts of central Asia, all the way to the heart of China - as the very survival of the world's greatest two empires is at stake.
Book Synopsis Odysseus by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Odysseus written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical adventure trilogy opener follows an ancient Greek boy as he grows into a legendary hero with a hand in the fall of Troy. As a young boy in Ithaca, Odysseus listens in wonder to his grandfather Autolykos, a man feared by many across the land as a ruthless fighter. He learns of his heritage and a lifelong passion is sparked: to become an adventurer and warrior. In Mycenae, he meets King Eurystheus and learns the terrible story of Hercules—the man with god-like strength who slaughtered his family and was punished by the King to undertake impossible tasks to earn absolution. But is Eurystheus the man he says he is? When a child comes to Odysseus in the middle of the night, with another, very disturbing, version of what happened that fateful night, Odysseus embarks on the first of his extraordinary quests... So begins the epic story of Odysseus, the first of two volumes: an adventure of love, war, courage and heroism, weaving from a small rocky island in Greece, to the mighty fall of Troy. Praise for Odysseus: The Oath “A tantalizing story. . . . This is a beautifully told tale, and fans of novels about the great characters of Greek mythology will relish the story and eagerly await the final volume.” —Booklist “If you love the classics, you will enjoy Professor Manfredi’s rendition of the tale of Odysseus. . . . The story is beautifully told. . . . The author’s descriptions of the journey and battles are as exciting as Homer’s (I thought) but softened by Odysseus’ and Penelope’s love story. All in all, a first-rate book that really shouldn’t be missed.” —Historical Novel Society
Book Synopsis The Lost Army by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book The Lost Army written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-07-03 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th century BC. A village in Syria. A woman, dressed in rags and covered in blisters and sores, is seen approaching on the road coming from the north. Suspicious of her, the villagers shout and throw rocks at her. She is struck and falls. She seems dead . . . Her story encompasses one of the great collective acts of heroism of the ancient world. She was the mistress of Xenophon, a general in the vast army of ten thousand Greek mercenaries from virtually every Greek city state that was employed by Cyrus the Younger, in his quest to seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II. In The Lost Army Valerio Massimo Manfredi, one of the world's historical experts, has created a rip-roaring adventure seen from the perspective of the women who accompanied the soldiers on their long journey. An intense account of the most celebrated march in man's history, by the acclaimed author of the Alexander trilogy.
Book Synopsis Wolves of Rome by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Wolves of Rome written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the international bestselling Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Wolves of Rome is a historical thriller about two brothers and the betrayal of Teutoburg Forest that devastated the Roman Empire. This is a must read for fans of Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden. Bound by Blood. Divided by an Empire. Deep in a dark, foreboding forest, the Roman Empire will face its bloodiest test. 3 BC. Two wild Germanic brothers, Armin and Wulf, are held hostage in Rome to keep their father from rebelling against the Empire. As the years pass, they are moulded into ideal soldiers: brave, disciplined, ruthless. Attributes that are to be tested when a conspiracy arises, threatening their emperor and the Empire’s future . . . As serving Roman soldiers, the brothers are separated at opposite ends of the Empire, each proving their bloody might on the battlefield. But Armin begins to realize that no matter how far he travels and how many lives he takes, he has an inescapable bond to his father, mother and the tribes of Germania. His goal: to unite them all under one banner. Wulf, though, remains loyal to Rome and it soon becomes clear that both he and the might of the Roman Empire are the only obstacles standing between Armin and his dream of freedom for the Germanic people . . .
Book Synopsis Spartan by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Spartan written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herodotus tells us that not all of the three hundred Spartan warriors died at the hands of Xerxes, King of the Persians, in the battle of the Thermopylae: two were saved bringing a life-saving message back to the city . . . Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Spartan is the saga of a Spartan family, torn apart by a cruel law that forces them to abandon one of their two sons – born lame – to the elements. The elder son, Brithos, is raised in the caste of the warriors, while the other, Talos, is spared a cruel death and is raised by a Helot shepherd, among the peasants. They live out their story in a world dominated by the clash between the Persian empire and the city-states of Greece – a ferocious, relentless conflict – until the voice of their blood and of human solidarity unites them in a thrilling, singular enterprise.
Book Synopsis Child of a Dream by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Child of a Dream written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander: Child of a Dream is Valerio Massimo Manfredi's magnificent story of one of history's greatest characters and his quest to conquer the civilized world. Who could have been born to conquer the world other than a god? Mesmeric beauty, consuming desires, an insatiable hunger. Then premature death. This is the story of a boy, born to a great king – Philip of Macedon – and his sensuous queen, Olympias. It tells of the stern discipline of Philip and the wild passions of Olympias, and how, together, they formed Alexander, a young man of immense, unfathomable potential, capable of subjugating the known world to his power, and thought of by his contemporaries as a god. Alexander's swift ascent to manhood, as a protégé of Aristotle and close friend of Ptolemy and Hephiaeston, and the start of his great adventure to conquer the civilized world is recounted in this awe-inspiring novel. This is a wonderful evocation of the far-off and fascinating civilization of ancient Greece, revealed in vibrant tones and scholarly detail.
Book Synopsis Tyrant by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Tyrant written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Tyrant starts in Sicily 412 BC: the infinite duel between a man and a superpower begins. The man is Dionysius, who has just made himself Tyrant of Syracuse. The superpower Carthage, mercantile megalopolis and mistress of the seas. Over the next eight years, Dionysius' brutal military conquests will strike down countless enemies and many friends to make Syracuse the most powerful Greek city west of mainland Greece. He builds the largest army of antiquity and invents horrific war machines to use against the Carthaginians, who he will fight in five wars. But who was Dionysius? Historians have condemned him as one of the most ruthless, egocentric despots. But he was also patron of the arts, a dramatist, poet and tender lover.
Book Synopsis Pharaoh by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Pharaoh written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Pharaoh is a thrilling archaeological mystery. Jerusalem, 586 BC. The kingdom of Judah is on the verge of annihilation by the Babylonians. In the chaos, the prophet Jeremiah saves the sacred Ark of the Covenant and hides it in a cave. He returns terrified, having made a discovery that appears to have sent him mad. The Middle East, early in the second millennium. Professor William Blake, renowned Egyptologist, has a surprising visit from representatives of an American mining corporation. They have discovered a strange Egyptian tomb, which risks exploding the powder keg of Middle Eastern geopolitics. Blake finds himself facing the most mysterious case of his life. The tomb of the Pharaoh lies in the middle of the desert, miles from the Nile and the Valley of the Kings. As he starts to unravel the Pharaoh's story, a disturbing theory forms in Blake's mind as to the identity of this mysterious ruler - a theory that could destroy the balance of the modern world.
Book Synopsis Talisman of Troy by : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Download or read book Talisman of Troy written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi and published by . This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Heroes of Greece and Troy by : Roger Lancelyn Green
Download or read book Heroes of Greece and Troy written by Roger Lancelyn Green and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retold from the ancient authors.
Book Synopsis Heroes of Greece and Troy by : Roger Lancelyn Green
Download or read book Heroes of Greece and Troy written by Roger Lancelyn Green and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
