Natalie Haynes

The Children of Jocasta

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'Visceral, engrossing . . . A truly remarkable feat' Amanda Foreman 'Vividly captured . . . Haynes's fascination with this long vanished world is evident in every line' Guardian Jocasta is just fifteen when she is ordered to marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. But it is her duty to produce an heir that will alter the course of her life forever. Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home. Since the day of her parents' tragic deaths, it was the one place she felt safe. But with a single act of violence, all that is about to change. With the turn of these two events, a tragedy is set in motio… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-5098-3617-8
EAN: 9781509836178
Produktnummer: 23980706
Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 304 S.
Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
Masse: H19.7 cm x B13.0 cm x D2.2 cm 251 g
Gewicht: 251
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Children of Jocasta and The Amber Fury, which was shortlisted for the Scottish Crime Book of the Year award, and a non-fiction book about Ancient History, The Ancient Guide to Modern Life. She has written and presented two series of the BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. In 2015, she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience.