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Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:From the author of the New York Times bestseller Juliet comes a mesmerizing novel about a young scholar who risks her reputation??and her life??on a thrilling journey to prove that the legendary warrior women known as the Amazons actually existed.
Oxford lecturer Diana Morgan is an expert on Greek mythology. Her obsession with the Amazons started in childhood when her eccentric grandmother claimed to be one herself??before vanishing without a trace. Diana??s colleagues shake their heads at her Amazon fixation. But then a mysterious, well-financed foundation makes Diana an offer she cannot refuse.
Traveling to North Africa, Diana teams up with Nick Barran, an enigmatic Middle Eastern guide, and begins deciphering an unusual inscription on the wall of a recently unearthed temple. There she discovers the name of the first Amazon queen, Myrina, who crossed the Mediterranean in a heroic attempt to liberate her kidnapped sisters from Greek pirates, only to become embroiled in the most famous conflict of the ancient world??the Trojan War. Taking their cue from the inscription, Diana and Nick set out to find the fabled treasure that Myrina and her Amazon sisters salvaged from the embattled city of Troy so long ago. Diana doesn??t know the nature of the treasure, but she does know that someone is shadowing her, and that Nick has a sinister agenda of his own. With danger lurking at every turn, and unsure of whom to trust, Diana finds herself on a daring and dangerous quest for truth that will forever change her world.
Sweeping from England to North Africa to Greece and the ruins of ancient Troy, and navigating between present and past, The Lost Sisterhood is a breathtaking, passionate adventure of two women on parallel journeys, separated by time, who must fight to keep the lives and legacy of the Amazons from being lost forever. Praise for The Lost Sisterhood ??Impossible to put down . . . Meticulous research, a delicious mystery, and characters that leap from the story make this brilliant book a Perfect 10.???Romance Reviews Today ??Anne Fortier tells two tales of adventure, mystery and romance . . . reminiscent of The Da Vinci Code with a hint of A Discovery of Witches.???Fredericksburg Free Lance??Star
??Boldly original . . . will intrigue lovers of ancient worlds as well as those who are just fans of a good story.???Bookreporter
??A gorgeous journey from England to North Africa to Greece, thrilling readers with beautiful settings, courageous women and breathtaking adventure.???BookPage ??Grounded in a thorough knowledge of classical literature, this skillful interweaving of plausible archaeological speculation, ancient mythology, and exciting modern adventure will delight fans of such authors as Kate Mosse and Katherine Neville.???Library Journal (starred review) ??The Lost Sisterhood is a spellbinding adventure, a tale of two courageous women separated by millennia but pursuing interwoven quests: one to protect and lead her sisters through a dangerous ancient world, the other to prove that the legendary tribe of women truly existed, and that their legacy endures.???Jennifer Chiaverini, author of Mrs. Lincoln??s Dressmaker and The Spymistress
Volkomen ongeloofwaardig verhaal over een filologe die min of meer ontvoerd wordt om een oud manuscript te ontcijferen, keer op keer naar verschillende landen. Ze wordt bestolen, achterna gezeten, wordt tegen haar zin verliefd.... het andere verhaal speelt in de tijd van Troje, met prins Paris en is een willekeurige en volgens mij niet helemaal kloppende mix van broeierige sensualiteit en historie. Kortom, ik heb het volgehouden tot de helft en het toen maar weggelegd. Zonde van tijd en energie. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Amazons,
mythical race of female warriors. The name was popularly understood as "breastless" (maza, "breast") and the story told that they "pinched out" or "cauterized" the right breast so as not to impede their javelin-throwing. . . . Amazons have been used as evidence for an actual matriarchy in prehistoric times. This has seemed an attractive counter to modern male, prejudices, but mistakes the nature of myth,
-- The Oxford Classical Dictionary
He who controls the present, controls the past.
-- George Orwell
Opdracht
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To my beloved mother-in-law Shirley Fortier 1945- 2013 whose courage under fire rivaled that of any Amazon
Eerste woorden
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Prologue -- The young men completed their training row in record time.
In her own obscure fashion, my grandmother did what she could to arm me for the carnage of life.
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Laatste woorden
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For our path -- yes even ours -- would not lack enemies or fateful turns, but the jackal from its regal abode assured us that as long as we stuck together, the three of us, we would never stray too far from the happiness that had, as it turned out, been Granny's greatest gift to me.
Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:From the author of the New York Times bestseller Juliet comes a mesmerizing novel about a young scholar who risks her reputation??and her life??on a thrilling journey to prove that the legendary warrior women known as the Amazons actually existed.
Oxford lecturer Diana Morgan is an expert on Greek mythology. Her obsession with the Amazons started in childhood when her eccentric grandmother claimed to be one herself??before vanishing without a trace. Diana??s colleagues shake their heads at her Amazon fixation. But then a mysterious, well-financed foundation makes Diana an offer she cannot refuse.
Traveling to North Africa, Diana teams up with Nick Barran, an enigmatic Middle Eastern guide, and begins deciphering an unusual inscription on the wall of a recently unearthed temple. There she discovers the name of the first Amazon queen, Myrina, who crossed the Mediterranean in a heroic attempt to liberate her kidnapped sisters from Greek pirates, only to become embroiled in the most famous conflict of the ancient world??the Trojan War. Taking their cue from the inscription, Diana and Nick set out to find the fabled treasure that Myrina and her Amazon sisters salvaged from the embattled city of Troy so long ago. Diana doesn??t know the nature of the treasure, but she does know that someone is shadowing her, and that Nick has a sinister agenda of his own. With danger lurking at every turn, and unsure of whom to trust, Diana finds herself on a daring and dangerous quest for truth that will forever change her world.
Sweeping from England to North Africa to Greece and the ruins of ancient Troy, and navigating between present and past, The Lost Sisterhood is a breathtaking, passionate adventure of two women on parallel journeys, separated by time, who must fight to keep the lives and legacy of the Amazons from being lost forever. Praise for The Lost Sisterhood ??Impossible to put down . . . Meticulous research, a delicious mystery, and characters that leap from the story make this brilliant book a Perfect 10.???Romance Reviews Today ??Anne Fortier tells two tales of adventure, mystery and romance . . . reminiscent of The Da Vinci Code with a hint of A Discovery of Witches.???Fredericksburg Free Lance??Star
??Boldly original . . . will intrigue lovers of ancient worlds as well as those who are just fans of a good story.???Bookreporter
??A gorgeous journey from England to North Africa to Greece, thrilling readers with beautiful settings, courageous women and breathtaking adventure.???BookPage ??Grounded in a thorough knowledge of classical literature, this skillful interweaving of plausible archaeological speculation, ancient mythology, and exciting modern adventure will delight fans of such authors as Kate Mosse and Katherine Neville.???Library Journal (starred review) ??The Lost Sisterhood is a spellbinding adventure, a tale of two courageous women separated by millennia but pursuing interwoven quests: one to protect and lead her sisters through a dangerous ancient world, the other to prove that the legendary tribe of women truly existed, and that their legacy endures.???Jennifer Chiaverini, author of Mrs. Lincoln??s Dressmaker and The Spymistress
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