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SCI Pl c A NÖVEL BY ROSS LECKIE CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR HANN1BAL ' • . ' ' ^ ---- . V ,-.' í "Compelling and convincing, Hannibal is a truly remarkable növel in the class of I Claudius. It brings off that double to which all historical novelists aspire: creating, or rather recreating, a very different society and culture, while simultaneously revealing what is permanent in humán nature. It is a work of', enduring value." - allan massie | J "Leckie lights up this world for us with fabulous energy and attentíon to deáiiK f ... what was once cold histoiy with echoes of adventure becomes full-bodied >'' adventure with echoes of histoiy." - albert read, the times "Hannibal is a book which carries scholarship with an admirably light í touch...Leckie is presently preparing a sequel, Scipio. It is eageriy awaited." frederick undsay, the scotsman "A heady brew of classical erudition and intuitíve imagination." - james jauncey, the oldie "Splendid-Leckie writes unflinchingly of this world of... Tovább

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SCI Pl c A NÖVEL BY ROSS LECKIE CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR HANN1BAL ' • . ' ' ^ ---- . V ,-.' í "Compelling and convincing, Hannibal is a truly remarkable növel in the class of I Claudius. It brings off that double to which all historical novelists aspire: creating, or rather recreating, a very different society and culture, while simultaneously revealing what is permanent in humán nature. It is a work of', enduring value." - allan massie | J "Leckie lights up this world for us with fabulous energy and attentíon to deáiiK f ... what was once cold histoiy with echoes of adventure becomes full-bodied >'' adventure with echoes of histoiy." - albert read, the times "Hannibal is a book which carries scholarship with an admirably light í touch...Leckie is presently preparing a sequel, Scipio. It is eageriy awaited." frederick undsay, the scotsman "A heady brew of classical erudition and intuitíve imagination." - james jauncey, the oldie "Splendid-Leckie writes unflinchingly of this world of blood, battle and atrocity." - ian irvine, sunday telegraph "a lusty, full-throttle portrait, stunningly depicted" - new york times "In his meticulous recreation of an ancient way of life, he passes the first test facing any historical novelist; and his semi-poetic style carries a rawness appropriate to the rust and dust of the militaiy setting, the immedíacy of battle." - joe holdén, times utcrary supplement Vissza