“Durham vividly captures the frenzy of ancient warfare. . . . A skillfully structured, gripping novel –“Masterly. . . . First-rate historical fiction. Durham has delivered some of the best battle scenes on the page since Michael Shaara’s Civil War fiction.” –“Stunning. . . . A brilliant exploration of the tension between private destiny and historical force.” --“Fascinating. . . . Nimbly exploits what is known about this distant period. . . . The author has speculated and invented optimally.” —“An extraordinary achievement: Durham puts flesh on the bones of Carthage in a way that no novelist has done since Flaubert wrote.”—Tom Holland, author of “is ...
