A Choice of Murder [Paperback]

Peter Vansittart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1992

A sophisticated, thought-provoking historical novel, set in ancient Greece and Sicily. Vansittart is adept at emphasizing the ideas and personal motives behind historical events. The protagonist is fourth century B.C. soldier and political leader Timoleum of Syracuse, who liberated that city from the control of - Carthage - a fine meditation on Western civilization at an early crossroads."" - Publishers Weekly. ""A concentrated, enigmatic and elegantly cumulative portrait."" - Kirkus Reviews. ""Certain crucial retouchings in the narrative material lend the work a moral intensity that would have gratified Plutarch himself."" - NY Times.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd (December 31, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0720608511
• ISBN-13: 978-0720608519
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,574,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful, July 28, 2009

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William T. Spont (Bellingham, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Choice of Murder (Paperback)

This is beautifully written. Vansittart is often criticized for producing poetic prose at the expense of story development, but it seems to me that this rich, virile language is more deeply moving because of its narrative drive. Anyone who has fallen under Syracuse's spell should be doubly thrilled by this book; the reader easily assimilates the unforced descriptions of the city and its streets seem just as real as the ones we can walk today.