Hannibal

Zusatztext Its triumph is to bring the world of Carthage to life again. Informationen zum Autor Ross Leckie is the author of the trilogy of historical novels, Hannibal , Scipio and Carthage , and of Aristotle's Alchemy . He lives in Edinburgh. Klappentext A battle is like lust. The frenzy passes. Consequence remains. Hannibal is an epic vision of one of history's greatest adventurers, the almost mythical man who most famously led his soldiers on elephants over the Alps. In Ross Leckie's unforgettable re-creation of the Punic wars, it is Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, who narrates the story, and who is carried by his all-consuming ambition through profoundly bloody battles against the great Roman armies of early empire. In this breathtaking chronicle of love and hate, heroism and cruelty, one of humanity's greatest adventurers is brought to life, who learns through suffering that man is but a shadow of a dream. Before Robert Harris's Imperium and Conn Iggulden's Troy came Hannibal , bringing alive on of the greatest heroes of the ancient world Zusammenfassung Before Robert Harris's Imperium and Conn Iggulden's Troy came Hannibal, bringing alive on of the greatest heroes of the ancient world

Product details

• Authors: Ross Leckie
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.02.2008
• EAN: 9781847670991
• ISBN: 978-1-84767-099-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Carthage Trilogy; Carthage Trilogy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; Ancient Rome, War, combat and military adventure fiction, c 500 BCE to c 1500 CE (Italian ancient and medieval period)