Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus

Victoria Grossack, Alice Underwood

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Wydawnictwo: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Rok wydania: 2011
Seria: Tapestry of Bronze
Oprawa miękka
Liczba stron 390
Język: angielski

Young and beautiful, born to a powerful family, Jocasta is destined to become Queen of Thebes... trapped in a loveless marriage, she cannot save her firstborn child from her husband's wrath... left alone on the throne after her husband's death, she must contend with the dangerous Sphinx and contrive a plan to protect her city...charmed by a foreign prince, she does not know she is falling in love with her own son... A vibrant tale set in Bronze Age Greece, Jocasta has garnered rave reviews from university faculty, publications such as Historical Novels Reviews Online, and numerous readers. A Greek-language version of Jocasta was released by Kedros Publishers of Athens in 2006. This updated edition (2017) includes an authors' note and other additional content. We have standardized the interior formatting and spelling conventions across the Tapestry of Bronze series, but there are no changes to the text.