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Beschreibung
330BC: it is the year that Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world had ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner when Athens placates the spirits of the dead passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos son of Nikiarkhos and his teacher the philosopher Aristotle are drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. Someone has snatched her from her home but what is the motive: rape a forced marriage or murder? All that is known is that the abductor and the heiress are on the road to Delphi and its ancient oracle. Stephanos and Aristotle pursue them but along the way there are plenty of distractions: it's spring time and the country is full of reborn life the thought of romance and marriage is never far from young Stephanos' mind and rumours of mysterious strangers passing in the night abound of disguises and swapping of identity. Then the actuality of murder shatters the idyll. It seems that there is a psychopath on the road pursuing abductor and heiress. But who the abductor is and who the murderer is are mysteries that only Aristotle with the aid of the Delphian oracle will be able to solve.
330BC: it is the year that Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world had ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner when Athens placates the spirits of the dead passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos son of Nikiarkhos and his teacher the philosopher Aristotle are drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. Someone has snatched her from her home but what is the motive: rape a forced marriage or murder? All that is known is that the abductor and the heiress are on the road to Delphi and its ancient oracle. Stephanos and Aristotle pursue them but along the way there are plenty of distractions: it's spring time and the country is full of reborn life the thought of romance and marriage is never far from young Stephanos' mind and rumours of mysterious strangers passing in the night abound of disguises and swapping of identity. Then the actuality of murder shatters the idyll. It seems that there is a psychopath on the road pursuing abductor and heiress. But who the abductor is and who the murderer is are mysteries that only Aristotle with the aid of the Delphian oracle will be able to solve.
Über den Autor
Margaret Doody
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: XII
399 S.
ISBN-13: 9780099435587
ISBN-10: 0099435586
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Doody, Margaret
Hersteller: Arrow
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 178 x 110 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Margaret Doody
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.04.2003
Gewicht: 0,38 kg
Artikel-ID: 134473432