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A Brief History of the Amazons: Women Warriors in Myth and History
Webster Wilde, Lyn
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paperback. The true story of the famous female warriors, long thought to be mythical Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, Plate Section. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars consigned them to the world of myth, but Lyn Webster Wilde journeyed into the homeland of the Amazons and uncovered astonishing evidence of their historic reality. North of the Black Sea she found archaeological excavations of graves of Iron Age women buried with arrows, swords and armour. In the hidden world of the Hittites, near the Amazons' ancient capital of Thermiscyra in Anatolia, she unearthed traces of ... Read more
'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars consigned them to the world of myth, but Lyn Webster Wilde journeyed into the homeland of the Amazons and uncovered astonishing evidence of their historic reality. North of the Black Sea she found archaeological excavations of graves of Iron Age women buried with arrows, swords and armour. In the hidden world of the Hittites, near the Amazons' ancient capital of Thermiscyra in Anatolia, she unearthed traces of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Robinson
Condition
New
Series
Brief Histories
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472136770
SKU
9781472136770
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About Webster Wilde, Lyn
Lyn Webster Wilde is a film-maker and writer who has made a special study of myth. She has a degree in English from Cambridge University and has written five books, both fiction and non-fiction. She now lives in Wales and is planning a feature film.
Reviews for A Brief History of the Amazons: Women Warriors in Myth and History
It is a fascinating tale and underlines the reality of these warrior women
Military Illustrated
This absorbing book attempts to cut through the hype and trace the source of the Amazons
Scotsman
She brings the Amazons a little closer into focus, reminding us that gender roles were different once and can be again, and going some ... Read more
Military Illustrated
This absorbing book attempts to cut through the hype and trace the source of the Amazons
Scotsman
She brings the Amazons a little closer into focus, reminding us that gender roles were different once and can be again, and going some ... Read more