The oracle

Manfredi Valerio Massimo

ISBN 10: 0330437925 / ISBN 13: 9780330437929

Published by Pan books, 2005

About this Item

RO30353017: 2005. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 342 pages. Texte en anglais. Rares rousseurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The oracle
• Publisher: Pan books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330437925
• ISBN 13: 9780330437929
• Binding: Couverture souple
• Condition: bon
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

November 1973. Professor Periklis Harvatis, working alone and late into the night on an important archaeological dig, unearths a magnificent golden vase upon which the enigmatic images of a long-lost second Odyssey are engraved, showing the mystery of Ulysses' final voyage. But in the bleak chamber where he finds it he sees something so frightening that less than seven hours later, a broken man, he is dead...but not before he has ensured the safety of the vase.
Ten years on, and a series of violently gruesome deaths connected to the rape and murder during the student protests in Athens of a beautiful Greek woman, on the same night as Professor Harvatis's discovery, is perplexing the authorities. Each atrocity is accompanied by a dire quotation from the ancient sources, exposing an ingeniously cruel mind.
Who is behind these murders? How are these two events connected? And what is the significance of the age-old prophecy of the Odyssey?

About the Author

Valerio Massimo Manfredi is professor of classical archaeology at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan. He has published nine works of fiction, including the 'Alexander' trilogy, which has been translated into 24 languages in 38 countries. He has written and hosted documentaries on the ancient world and has written screenplays for cinema and television.