The Madness of Cambyses (Paperback) - Herodotus
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Tells the story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia. This title take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe.
'Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.'
The story of the great and mad Cambyses, King of Persia, told by part-historian, part-mythmaker Herodotus of Halicarnassus.
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Herodotus (c.484-425 BCE). Herodotus's The Histories is also available in Penguin Classics.
About the Author
Herodotus (c.484-425 BCE). Herodotus's The Histories is also available in Penguin Classics.- Contributor:
- Herodotus
- Imprint:
- Penguin Classics
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Release Date:
- 26 Feb 2015
- Number of Pages:
- 64
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN13:
- 9780141398778
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