{"product_id":"the-athenian-women-paperback","title":"The Athenian Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlessandro Barbero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Shugaar\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A raw and compelling portrait of 411 BC Greece in which women must fight for justice and democracy\" by the Strega Prize-winning Italian novelist (\u003ci\u003eLa Stampa\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAthens, 411 BC. As the Peloponnesian War draws to a close, a political coup begins to take shape in Athens. Veterans of the infamous battle of Mantinea, Thrasyllus, and Polemon now live as humble farmers in the countryside. They are determined to find influential husbands for their daughters, Glycera and Charis, but first they must defend Athens from the oligarchs plotting to reinstate tyrannical rule. Young and impatient, Glycera and Charis soon become infatuated with their neighbor's rich and arrogant son, Cimon. When their fathers travel to Athens to see Aristophanes's latest comedy, the girls use the chance to accept an invitation to Cimon's house . . . with no notion of what awaits them on their visit.\u003cbr\u003eAlternating between the secret drama playing out in the countryside and the public one playing out onstage in Athens, Alessandro Barbero weaves \"a compelling story of women's valiant struggles to maintain their dignity in a misogynistic society\" (\u003ci\u003eHistorical Novel Society\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlessandro Barbero\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Battle: A New History of Waterloo\u003c\/i\u003e (Walker \u0026amp; Co., 2005), and \u003ci\u003eCharlamagne: Father of a Continent, and Master Pyle's Bella Vita and Other People's Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Strega Prize for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe Eyes of Venice \u003c\/i\u003e(Europa Editions, 2012). He is a renowned historian whose two-volume history of the Battle of Lepanto is considered to be the definitive text on the subject. He teaches Medieval History at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Vercelli, Italy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony Shugaar\u003c\/b\u003e's\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003etranslations for Europa Editions include seven books in the Commissario Ricciardi series by Maurizio de Giovanni, \u003ci\u003eFor Grace Received \u003c\/i\u003eby Valeria Parrella, and Nicola Lagioia's Strega Prize-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eFerocity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770792476960,"sku":"9781609454197","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d41c9f1a7695a9f6bf2134c1067e9ac9.webp?v=1780378276","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-athenian-women-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}