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      A Choice of Murder

      by Peter Vansittart
      Published
      Jan 1993
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      216
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      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.

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      First Edition Jan 1993 Owen, Peter Limited ISBN13 9780720608519 ISBN10 0720608511
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      Jan 1992 PETER OWEN LTD ISBN13 9780720608328 ISBN10 0720608325
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