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Tides of war : a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War
Title:
Tides of war : a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War
Summary:
As commander on land and sea, Alcibiades was never defeated. Kinsman of Pericles, protégé of Socrates, the warrior was renowned as the most brilliant and charismatic personality of his day, as--fearlessly ambitious, politically ruthless--he forever altered Athens' destiny. During the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War, he swept from victory to victory, seemingly invincible. And then, in a shattering twist of fortune, he tumbled from glory. Recounted by Alcibiades' trusted bodyguard & hired assassin in a mesmerizing death-row confession, Tides of War is historical fiction at its finest--a rich and moving flesh-and-blood retelling of one of history's pivotal conflicts, written by an incomparable master of historical fiction.
Physical Description:
426 p.
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Publisher:
Doubleday,
Publication Date:
2000
ISBN:
9780385492522
Publication Information:
New York : Doubleday, 2000.
Call Number:
PRESSFI
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