Reviews
"A highly contemporary novel making what might be seen as a series of dusty dates, relevant to our modern lives. Leckie's knowledge of the period is profound, and his manouevring of that history effortless, as he solders fact and fiction to create a novel with real historical depth." --Times, "By turns lucid, enlightening and thrilling, this is the historical novel at its best." -Historical Novel Society, "A highly contemporary novel making what might be seen as a series of dusty dates, relevant to our modern lives. Leckie's knowledge of the period is profound, and his manouevring of that history effortless, as he solders fact and fiction to create a novel with real historical depth." —Times, "By turns lucid, enlightening and thrilling, this is the historical novel at its best." —Historical Novel Society, "By turns lucid, enlightening and thrilling, this is the historical novel at its best." -Historical Novel Society, Leckie's manoeuvring of history is effortless, as he solders fact and fiction to create a novel with real historical depth., "The final volume of Ross Leckie's Punic trilogy is the most interesting . . . distinguished by gripping plot and good writing . . . imaginative but convincing detail makes the reader a tourist to a lost world." -Herald, "The final volume of Ross Leckie's Punic trilogy is the most interesting . . . distinguished by gripping plot and good writing . . . imaginative but convincing detail makes the reader a tourist to a lost world." --Herald, "The final volume of Ross Leckie's Punic trilogy is the most interesting . . . distinguished by gripping plot and good writing . . . imaginative but convincing detail makes the reader a tourist to a lost world." —Herald, "A highly contemporary novel making what might be seen as a series of dusty dates, relevant to our modern lives. Leckie's knowledge of the period is profound, and his manouevring of that history effortless, as he solders fact and fiction to create a novel with real historical depth." -Times, "By turns lucid, enlightening and thrilling, this is the historical novel at its best." --Historical Novel Society, "A highly contemporary novel making what might be seen as a series of dusty dates, relevant to our modern lives. Leckie's knowledge of the period is profound, and his manouevring of that history effortless, as he solders fact and fiction to create a novel with real historical depth." -Times, "A highly contemporary novel making what might be seen as a series of dusty dates, relevant to our modern lives. Leckie's knowledge of the period is profound, and his manouevring of that history effortless, as he solders fact and fiction to create a novel with real historical depth." -Times, "The final volume of Ross Leckie's Punic trilogy is the most interesting . . . distinguished by gripping plot and good writing . . . imaginative but convincing detail makes the reader a tourist to a lost world." -Herald, "By turns lucid, enlightening and thrilling, this is the historical novel at its best." -Historical Novel Society, "The final volume of Ross Leckie's Punic trilogy is the most interesting . . . distinguished by gripping plot and good writing . . . imaginative but convincing detail makes the reader a tourist to a lost world." -Herald
Synopsis
I fought the Romans once. It no longer seems a prudent thing to do. Carthage concludes the internationally acclaimed trilogy that began with Hannibal and continued with Scipio. Here, Ross Leckie tells of the final Punic War: the story of a great city and a people's utter eradication under the relentless rise of Rome. But its chief characters, one the bastard son of Hannibal, the other of Scipio, would have wished it otherwise. Both seek peace, but are caught up in war. As they struggle between duty and belief, they stand to lose everything in the face of their fathers' devastating legacies. Written as a series of letters and entries, the multiple voices of the novel are woven into a masterful exploration of human drives, political intrigue and the process of history making itself., The thrilling conclusion to Ross Leckie's acclaimed classical trilogy, following HANNIBAL and SCIPIO. I fought Romans once. It no longer seems a prudent thing to do. Carthage concludes the internationally acclaimed trilogy that began with Hannibal and continued with Scipio . Here, Ross Leckie tells of the final Punic War: the story of a great city and a people's utter eradication under the relentless rise of Rome. But its chief characters, one the bastard son of Hannibal, the other of Scipio, would have wished it otherwise. Both seek peace, but are caught up in a war. As they struggle between duty and belief, they stand to lose everything in the face of their fathers' devastating legacies. Written as a series of letters and entries, the multiple voices of the novel are woven into a masterful exploration of human drives, political intrigue and the process of history making itself.
