Аннотация
Gene Wolfe
Soldier of the mist
This book is dedicated-with the greatest respect and affection to Herodotos of Halicarnassos
First there was a struggle at the barricade of shields; then, the barricade down, a bitter and protracted fight, hand to hand, at the temple of Demeter…
- HerodotosAlthough this book is fiction, it is based on actual events of 479 B.C.
FOREWORD
About two years ago, an urn containing scrolls of papyrus, all apparently unused, was found behind a collection-of Roman lyres in the basement of the British Museum. The museum retained the urn and disposed of the scrolls, which were listed in Sotheby's catalogue as Lot 183. Various blank papyrus rolls, possibly the stock of an Egyptian stationer.
After passing through several hands, they became the property of Mr. D , a dealer and collector in Detroit. He got the notion that something might be concealed in the sticks on which the papyrus was wound and had them X-rayed. Th...
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