Amazons
The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World
$25.34
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2018
Summary
The first popular history of The Amazons, the real warrior women of Central Asia, based on groundbreaking new research.
Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks.
For centuries people believed in their…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552173285 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552173282 |
| Author: | John Man |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
Tremendously entertaining. – Catherine Nixey * The Times *
Lively. – Kathryn Hughes * Mail on Sunday *
Man, the enthusiastic historian of Asia, dissect the Amazons with sharp scalpel. Vivid and personal. * The Spectator *
Entertaining, fascinating, intriguing. However they are portrayed, the Amazons appear to have enduring appeal. – Philip Womack * Literary Review *
The Amazonian ideal of strong, independent women, able to take on men on equal terms, remains as fascinating to us now as it was to the ancient Greeks. – Jane Shilling * Daily Mail *
Ferocious female warriors known as Amazons were a recurring staple of Greek myth, but was there any basis of truth? In this fascinating reassessment, Man points to newly discovered archaeological evidence. * Mail on Sunday *
About The Author
John Man
John Man is a historian with a special interest in Asia and the nature of leadership. His books, published in over twenty languages, include bestselling biographies of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan and Attila the Hun, as well as histories of the Great Wall of China and the Mongol Empire.
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