Creation

4.22 ( 5,065 Ratings by Goodreads)
Creation

Creation

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4.22 (5,065 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 23 September, 1993
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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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Type Book
ISBN13 9780349104751
ISBN10 0349104751
Number Of Pages 672
Item Weight 436 g
Product Dimensions 160 x 200 x 35 mm
Publisher / Reseller Little, Brown Book Group
Format paperback
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Our greatest living historical novelist. * ANTHONY BURGESS *
An historical novel of awesome scope and scholarship. * OBSERVER *
Highly absorbing, rich in history, irony and erudition. * GUARDIAN *
Splendid, serene, magisterial. * SUNDAY TIMES *

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Author's Bio

Gore Vidal was at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote 'The Narratives of a Golden Age' series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.

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