THE FLOWERS OF ADONIS

ROSEMARY SUTCLIFFE , Author & Editor of Hodder & Stoughton Library of Great Historical Novels

ISBN 10: 0340106654 / ISBN 13: 9780340106655

Published by HODDER AND STOUGHTON, LONDON, 1969

About this Item

Burgundy Boards with gilt titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. Maps to end papers, Top edge of book block stained purple, 384 pp. First edition 1st printing 1969. A novel of Alkibiades and the Peloponnesian War. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - mild foxing to fore and bottom edges of book block not encroaching to margins and two or three spots to rear end papers. No previous owner name or insc. Dust jacket- one foxing spot to rear flap fold, non price clipped - cover 35s . No other defects to book or jacket - the latter now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE FLOWERS OF ADONIS
• Publisher: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, LONDON
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340106654
• ISBN 13: 9780340106655
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

The 5th Century BC. The Greek city-states are engaged in perpetual war. But one man towers above the chaos. His name is Alkibiades. He is at once a pirate, statesman and seducer whose adventures rival those of Odysseus himself.Citizen of Athens, friend of Socrates, sailor, warrior and inveterate lover, Alkibiades flees persecution in his native city to join the Spartan cause. However, his brilliant naval and diplomatic victories on their behalf do not save him from the consequences of impregnating the Spartan queen, and once more he takes up the outcast's mantle.