The Last King of Lydia [electronic resource]
Tim Leach2013
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A brilliant and strikingly original debut novel, The Last King of Lydia imagines
the bloody rise and fall of Croesus, 'the richest man on earth', and powerfully
shows how happiness, even for those who have everything, is so often elusive.
A defeated king stands on top of a pyre. His conqueror, the Persian ruler Cyrus,
signals to his guards; they step forward and touch flaming torches to the dry
wood. Croesus, once the wealthiest man of the ancient world, is to be burned
alive.
As he watches the flames catch, Croesus thinks back over his life. He remembers
the time he asked the old Athenian philosopher, Solon, who was the happiest man
in the world. Croesus used to think it was him. But then all his riches could
not remove the spear from his dying elder son's chest; could not bring his mute
younger son to speak; could not make him as wise as his own chief slave; could
not bring his wife's love back; could not prevent his army from being torn apart
and his kingdom lost. A...
The Last King of Lydia [electronic resource] / Tim Leach
Tim Leach, Author
United Kingdom : Atlantic Books, 2013
1 online resource (1 text file)
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
9780857899200
English
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