The Last King of Lydia

A brilliant and strikingly original debut novel, The Last King of Lydia imagines the bloody rise and fall of Croesus, 'the richest man on earth', and powerfully shows how happiness, even for those who have everything, is so often elusive.

About the author

Tim Leach is in his late twenties and lives in London. He is a recent graduate of the MA writing course at Warwick University, and is now teaching creative writing there on the undergraduate programme. This is his first novel.

Summary

A brilliant and strikingly original debut novel, The Last King of Lydia imagines the bloody rise and fall of Croesus, 'the richest man on earth', and powerfully shows how happiness, even for those who have everything, is so often elusive.

Foreword

A brilliant and strikingly original debut novel, The Last King of Lydia imagines the bloody rise and fall of Croesus, 'the richest man on earth', and powerfully shows how happiness, even for those who have everything, is so often elusive.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Leach
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9780857899194
• ISBN: 978-0-85789-919-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 276 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Historical adventure, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction: general and literary