The Oracle

Valerio Massimo Manfredi

ISBN 10: 144727671X / ISBN 13: 9781447276715

Verlag: Pan Macmillan, GB, 2016

Beschreibung

Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Oracle is a modern thriller inspired by an ancient prophecy.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 very same chamber, the Professor sees something so frightening that less than seven hours later he dies . . . but not before he has ensured the safety of the vase. Ten years later, a series of gruesome deaths connected to the rape and murder during the student protests in Athens of a 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?

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781447276715

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Oracle
• Verlag: Pan Macmillan, GB
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 144727671X
• ISBN-13: 9781447276715
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New

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A rip-roaring archaeological thriller from the master of historical fiction.

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Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an archaeologist and scholar of the ancient Greek and Roman world. He is the author of numerous novels, which have won him literary awards and have sold 12 million copies. His Alexander trilogy has been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in sixty-two 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 and directed by Doug Lefler. Valerio Massimo Manfredi has taught at a number of prestigious universities in Italy and abroad and has published numerous articles and essays in academic journals. He has also written screenplays for film and television, contributed to journalistic articles and conducted cultural programmes and television documentaries.