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Argo de Mark Knowles

Argo: Blades of Bronze, cartea 1

Autor Mark Knowles
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mar 2022
A historical action and adventure novel reimagining the myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece, by Cambridge classicist Mark Knowles.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781801102728
ISBN-10: 1801102724
Pagini: 640
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 44 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book
Seria Blades of Bronze

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Commercial and action-packed re-telling of the classic Golden Fleece myth by classicist and passionate historical researcher Mark Knowles.

Notă biografică

Mark Knowles read Classics and Management Studies at Downing College, Cambridge. After a decade working as a frontline officer and supervisor within the Metropolitan Police Service, he became Head of Classics at a school in Harrogate. He is a particular fan of experimental archaeology and rowed on the reconstructed Ancient Athenian trireme Olympias during its last sea trials in Greece in 1994.@mark77knowles markknowles.info

Recenzii

A deeply researched historical epic, so brilliantly brought to life I could taste the salt air on my tongue... Epic battles, well rounded characters sailing through a brilliantly described world
[Knowles] has teamed his love of learning classics and childhood love of sword-and-sandals epics to accomplish something remarkable
What a spectacular triumph! Knowles has taken a reassuringly familiar legend and elevated it into a new, realistic and engrossing story. This glorious hero quest is packed with intrigue, adventure, mystery, and beautifully written skirmishes, raising the stakes higher and higher as the crew venture into darker and more treacherous lands. The characters are well drawn and compelling, each with their own flaws and motives woven into the plot. The tribal politics, subversion and battle scenes leave you hungry for more of this dazzling epic, so I hope it won't be too long until a sequel is released!
Knowles has combined historical realities with sure-footed imagination... Brilliant

Descriere

A historical action and adventure novel, featuring the re-telling of Jason and the Golden Fleece, brilliantly reimagined by a Cambridge classicist

He has come to take what is yours.

Kingdom of Iolkos, Thessaly: c.1250 BC

When the kingdom of Iolkos is attacked one stormy night, Jason, son of King Aeson, is smuggled from the palace, still swaddled in his blankets.

Twenty years later, a vagrant descends from the mountains. King Pelias has been warned of the one-sandaled man who would one day supplant him, but he did not reckon on Aeson's son and rightful heir.

Claiming his birth-right during a tense showdown in front of the cream of Hellenic warriors and athletes, Jason accepts Pelias' impossible challenge: to steal a mythical Golden Fleece from the distant kingdom of Colchis. The lives of Jason's parents and his own fate depends on it. But how will he fare when he needs a band of heroes to accompany him, not the dangerous mixture of villains and self-proclaimed noblemen from all over Hellas to aid in his quest?

Jason's mission to steal the Golden Fleece from the ends of the earth is a story of revenge, coming-of-age, the exploration of new and hostile lands.