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Heroes Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Heroes By Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Heroes by Valerio Massimo Manfredi


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Another grandiose and brutal epic of the ancient world from the bestselling author of the 'Alexander' trilogy, Spartan and The Last Legion

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Heroes by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

A castaway tossed onto a deserted beach is the last survivor of a world that no longer exists. He has a terrible, fascinating story to tell - the true reason for which the Trojan War was fought ...

The protagonist of this tale is Diomedes, the last of the great ancient Greek Homeric heroes, who seeks to return to his beloved homeland after years of war against Troy. But destiny has other plans for him. Betrayed by his wife, who plots to murder him and persecuted by hostile gods, he has no choice but to turn his sails west, towards Hesperia, the mysterious mist-shrouded land that will one day be called Italy. He ventures boldly into this new world, for he carries with him the magic Talisman of Troy, a mysterious, powerful idol that can make the nation that possesses it invincible ...

About Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an archaeologist and scholar of the ancient Greek and Roman world. He is the author of sixteen novels, which have won him literary awards and have sold 12 million copies. His Alexander trilogy has been translated into 38 languages and published in 62 countries and the film rights have been acquired by Universal Pictures. His novel The Last Legion was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley. He has also written screenplays for film and television, contributed to journalistic articles and conducted cultural programmes and television documentaries.

Additional information

NLS9781509891658
9781509891658
150989165X
Heroes by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
New
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
2018-02-08
288
N/A
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