Vidal's historical novel set in the 5th century BC and narrated by Cyrus Spitama, son of a Persian prince and Greek sorceress, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, and ambassador to the courts of India, China and Greece. Pericles, Thucydides, Sophocles and Confucius are among the book's characters.
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Vidal's historical novel set in the 5th century BC and narrated by Cyrus Spitama, son of a Persian prince and Greek sorceress, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, and ambassador to the courts of India, China and Greece. Pericles, Thucydides, Sophocles and Confucius are among the book's characters.
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Seller's Description:
VG+ in VG+ jacket. VG+/VG+. 8vo. original burgundy boards gilt (slightly rubbed & marked) in dustwrapper priced £8.95 net (a little rubbed & nicked, slightly sunned); pp. [xii (last blank)], 514 (last blank), with a map. A very good copy.