Tortoise in Asia (eBook)

Tony Grey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
280 Seiten
John Libbey Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-86196-920-3 (ISBN)

Infos

An intellectually thrilling novel of a Roman commander who fights alongside the Huns-and finds his mind opened to the culture and beliefs of the East. Based on a popular legend in Gansu, the far western province of China, The Tortoise in Asia recounts the exploits of Marcus, a young Roman centurion schooled in the Greek classics who, after a devastating loss in a battle with the Parthians, is taken prisoner, marched along the Silk Road, and pressed into service as a border guard on the eastern frontier. After a daring escape, Marcus has many adventures working with the Hun army as a mercenary. Throughout this harrowing journey, Marcus learns about Chinese philosophies, uncovering the startling similarities between these philosophies and those of Greece."e;Tony Grey's book shows us that the Silk Roads are an endless and magical resource in which fact and fiction merge and the imagination revels."e; -Edmund Capon

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 2 maps
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 36 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • China • Gansu • Greek Philosophy • Silk Road
• ISBN-10: 0-86196-920-0 / 0861969200
• ISBN-13: 978-0-86196-920-3 / 9780861969203