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Lädt ... A Victor of Salamis: A Tale of the Days of Xerxes, Leonidas and Themistoclesvon William Stearns Davis
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This was probably an amazing book when it was published more than one hundred years ago. Borrowing plot styles from Scott, the author retells the classic struggle of Xerxes invasion of Greece leading up to Thermopylae, Salamis, and Platea. Seen through the eyes of a fictional Athenian, it weaves the fictional love and honor restored with the historical characters. It was then seen through a Victorian prism, not the romantic views of Scott and Dumas. So a pale imitation, but given those constraints I can see why it was likely to have been popular then - but again I can see why it is justifiably obscure now. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
The invasion of Greece by Xerxes, with its battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea, forms one of the most dramatic events in history. Had Athens and Sparta succumbed to this attack of Oriental superstition and despotism, the Parthenon, the Attic Theatre, the Dialogues of Plato, would have been almost as impossible as if Phidias, Sophocles, and the philosophers had never lived. Because this contest and its heroes-Leonidas and Themistocles-cast their abiding shadows across our world of to-day, I have attempted this piece of historical fiction. The invasion of Greece by Xerxes, with its battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea, forms one of the most dramatic events in history. Had Athens and Sparta succumbed to this attack of Oriental superstition and despotism, the Parthenon, the Attic Theatre, the Dialogues of Plato, would have been almost as impossible as if Phidias, Sophocles, and the philosophers had never lived. Because this contest and its heroes-Leonidas and Themistocles-cast their abiding shadows across our world of to-day, I have attempted this piece of historical fiction. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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