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Artemisia of Caria
Shirin Yim Bridges
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Description for Artemisia of Caria
Hardcover.
Thousands of years ago, in the world of the Ancient Greeks where women were expected to obey their husbands in all matters, to play no part in public life, and to stay inside the house, a princess grew up to be not only a sailor and a ship's captain, but a famous admiral. Her name was Artemisia, and among all the commanders fighting on the Persian side during the great Persian Wars, she alone dared to give Xerxes an honest opinion that could have saved his entire fleet. This is the story of a real and remarkable princess whose spirit ... Read more
Thousands of years ago, in the world of the Ancient Greeks where women were expected to obey their husbands in all matters, to play no part in public life, and to stay inside the house, a princess grew up to be not only a sailor and a ship's captain, but a famous admiral. Her name was Artemisia, and among all the commanders fighting on the Persian side during the great Persian Wars, she alone dared to give Xerxes an honest opinion that could have saved his entire fleet. This is the story of a real and remarkable princess whose spirit ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Goosebottom Books Llc United States
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
Number of Pages
24
Place of Publication
Foster City, CA, United States
ISBN
9780984509812
SKU
V9780984509812
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Shirin Yim Bridges
Shirin Yim Bridges' first book, Ruby's Wish, was a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book and won the Ezra Jack Keats award. It is on several state reading lists, has been translated into seven languages, and is now in its eleventh edition. The Umbrella Queen made TIME/CNN's Top 10 Lists and was also named a Best Children's Book by the Bank ... Read more
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