Vidal's historical novel set in the 5th century BC and narrated by Cyrus Spitama, son of a Persian prince and Greek sorceress, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, and ambassador to the courts of India, China and Greece. Pericles, Thucydides, Sophocles and Confucius are among the book's characters.
| ISBN: | 9780349104751 |
| Publication date: | 23rd September 1993 |
| Author: | Gore Vidal |
| Publisher: | Abacus an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 657 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Historical Fiction General Fiction |