Are They Singing in Sparta? - Softcover

Schrader, Helena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595386903 ISBN 13: 9780595386901

Publisher: iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

Messenia is in revolt, and the Messenians have been out-witting Sparta's crack troops. On the advice of Delphi, Sparta requests that Athens appoint a new Supreme Commander for Sparta's army. Athens intentionally selects an obscure schoolmaster unlikely to help Sparta win the war, Tyrtaios. Tyrtaios was born lame, has no military experience, and everything he has ever heard about Sparta makes it the last place on earth where he wishes to live.The Spartan officer Agesandros is horrified by the "joke" Athens has played on Sparta in appointing Tyrtaios Sparta's Supreme Polemarch. But as the son of a notorious brawler and drunk, who gained Spartan citizenship only after a radical reform of the Spartan Constitution, his voice counts for little. Furthermore, while Agesandros is obsessively ambitious, his sister is married to a helot and his nephew appears to have joined the rebellion against Sparta.The widow Alethea, the daughter of a Spartan nobleman, took refuge in Athens during the "Time of Troubles". She alone understands how Tyrtaios is suffering in Sparta. Yet when her growing sons fall foul of the authorities, she finds herself under increasing pressure to remarry, and Agesandros is the most obvious suitor.

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About the Author

Award-winning novelist Helena P. Schrader earned a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. She has published numerous works of non-fiction and fiction. As a novelist, she has focused on historical and biographical fiction.

 

Award-winning novelist Helena P. Schrader earned a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. She has published numerous works of non-fiction and fiction. As a novelist, she has focused on historical and biographical fiction.

 

Her Jerusalem Trilogy has accumulated 11 literary honors to date, including the Pinnacle Award for Best Biographical Fiction 2016, the Feathered Quill Book Award for Spiritual/Religious Fiction 2017, 2 Chaucer Awards for Medieval Fiction, and finalist recognition from Foreword INDIES for Military/Wartime Fiction 2016 and the M.M. Bennett's Award for Historical Fiction. Her novel set in the 7th Crusade, St. Louis' Knight, won the 2014 Chaucer Award for the Best Historical Fiction set in the High Middle Ages, and also placed third in the 2014 Feathered Quill Literary Awards for both Historical and Spiritual Fiction. All three books in her Balian d'Ibelin biography, Knight of Jerusalem, is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.
 
Visit her website: helenapschrader.com for descriptions of her publicationsor follow her blog: schradershistoricalfiction.blogspot.com for updateson current works in progress or recent reviews and publications. For more about ancient Sparta visit: spartareconsidered.com or follow: spartareconsidered.blogspot.com

Helena is a career diplomat currently serving in Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595386903
• ISBN 13: 9780595386901
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424