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.

General Information

ISBN : 9780349104751
Publisher : abacus
Imprint : abacus
Weight (g) : 0.395
Publication date : 01 September 1998
Produced in : United Kingdom
Product Type : books

Other Specifications

Author : Gore Vidal
Bind : Paperback
Dewey classification : 813.54
Pages : 672

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Author description

Gore Vidal has received the National Book Award, written numerous novels, short stories, plays and essays. He has been a political activist and as Democratic candidate for Congress from upstate New York, he received the most votes of any Democrat in a half-century.