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Of Merchants & Heroes
Of Merchants & Heroes
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Published:
1 February, 2008
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A consuming story of love, loss and redemption set in the classical world of Rome and Greece, "Of Merchants and Heroes" is the story of a young man's pursuit of his father's murderer and of the values and qualities he develops that will make him a man...a man capable of a deep, noble and enduring love. At the end of the third century BC, as Republican Rome's long war with Carthage was at last drawing to a close, it was already threatened by a new enemy, Philip, the tyrant king of Macedon in the east...Into this turbulent world emerges our Roman hero, Marcus, whose father is brutally murdered by pirates on a journey from Italy to Corfu on a visit to his uncle. Fate takes him to some of the great cities of the Greco-Roman world at a time of major turbulence, where he learns much and finds love unexpectedly.This is a remarkable, beautifully written debut that explores political and philosophical questions that are timeless democracy and tyranny, war and self-defence, right and duty as well as questions of love, loyalty and betrayal.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780230530317 |
| ISBN10 | 0230530311 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 661 g |
| Product Dimensions | 134 x 48 x 236 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Macmillan |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
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Author's Bio
Paul Waters is a well-travelled classicist, and though educated in Britain, he has lived much of his life abroad - in Africa, America, Greece among other places. He now writes full time. This is his first novel.