In the days following the fall of Thebes to Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. a treacherous spy brutally murders two of his favored officers, and Alexander demands the traitor be brought to justice. His two Isrealite friends, Miriam and Simeon Bartimaeus, must solve a complex and blood-soaked mystery which has its own roots in the ancient legend of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Yes, Paul Doherty, UK's busiest history/mystery writer, pops up in a US edition only for his newest (and last) pseudonym. Apparently from now on all his books will be published under the DOHERTY byline but I'll believe that when I see it. Perhaps this particular period is not his strongest-readers of his first Apostolou pointed out some mistakes-but followers of this highly successful writer will not need much encouragement to have a go at this title.
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By J. Chippindale
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This is a novel by Paul Doherty writing as he so often does under a pseudonym. Paul Doherty is the consummate professional when it comes to writing historical mystery novels. I for one do not know how he can be so prolific with his offering of books and yet make sure that each of them is well researched. Whether they be 13th, 14th, or fifteenth century they are always true to the period. He also writes about Ancient Egypt and now he has taken to writing about Alexander the Great.
This is the second book in the Alexander mysteries. The books are very enjoyable as Paul Doherty's books always are, but in the case of these offerings, historically the truth may be bent more than a little, which may offend some purists, but the book is a novel and there to entertain rather than give a history lesson.
Thebes has succumbed to the unstoppable war machine of Alexander the Great, and the days following are filled with murder and intrigue. Lysander and Memmon, two of Alexander's favourite officers have been killed by a dangerous spy, and Alexander's rule is precarious until he solves the dangerous riddle of Oedipus' crown.
This is the second book in the Alexander mysteries. The books are very enjoyable as Paul Doherty's books always are, but in the case of these offerings, historically the truth may be bent more than a little, which may offend some purists, but the book is a novel and there to entertain rather than give a history lesson.
Thebes has succumbed to the unstoppable war machine of Alexander the Great, and the days following are filled with murder and intrigue. Lysander and Memmon, two of Alexander's favourite officers have been killed by a dangerous spy, and Alexander's rule is precarious until he solves the dangerous riddle of Oedipus' crown.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Second Book in the Series
15 Nov 2006
By J. Chippindale
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This is a novel by Paul Doherty writing as he so often does under a pseudonym. Paul Doherty is the consummate professional when it comes to writing historical mystery novels. I for one do not know how he can be so prolific with his offering of books and yet make sure that each of them is well researched. Whether they be 13th, 14th, or fifteenth century they are always true to the period. He also writes about Ancient Egypt and now he has taken to writing about Alexander the Great.
This is the second book in the Alexander mysteries. The books are very enjoyable as Paul Doherty's books always are, but in the case of these offerings, historically the truth may be bent more than a little, which may offend some purists, but the book is a novel and there to entertain rather than give a history lesson.
Thebes has succumbed to the unstoppable war machine of Alexander the Great, and the days following are filled with murder and intrigue. Lysander and Memmon, two of Alexander's favourite officers have been killed by a dangerous spy, and Alexander's rule is precarious until he solves the dangerous riddle of Oedipus' crown.
This is the second book in the Alexander mysteries. The books are very enjoyable as Paul Doherty's books always are, but in the case of these offerings, historically the truth may be bent more than a little, which may offend some purists, but the book is a novel and there to entertain rather than give a history lesson.
Thebes has succumbed to the unstoppable war machine of Alexander the Great, and the days following are filled with murder and intrigue. Lysander and Memmon, two of Alexander's favourite officers have been killed by a dangerous spy, and Alexander's rule is precarious until he solves the dangerous riddle of Oedipus' crown.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lackluster follow up to a wonderful novel.
17 Dec 2000
By Edward Alexander Gerster
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What more could you ask for in setting and plot? Staging a mystery among the ranks of Alexander the Great's troops, during the early years of his reign. It should be a sure fire success, especially for such an esteemed writer of historical fiction. But the drab Israelite Miriam, who is the sleuth in these tales, serves as a voice of criticism of a culture that the writer clearly doesn't understand.
I mean this in the fact that the 'history' is excellent, the plotting is well done, but the constant remarks deriding Greek culture and religion is simply ignorant. A shame.
Add to this the distraction that the reader is constantly assaulted with mispellings and errors in grammar every few pages, showing that some editor should have lost their job over this one. :)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
fictional yet believable
22 Aug 2000
By Francesca Jourdan
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Format:Paperback
This novel is set during the times of Alexandra the Great. The murder of two close officers, Lysander and Memnon, endanger Alexander's rule and to rid the danger he has to unravale the mysteries behind Oedipus' crown. Lysander was betrayed to the Thebans, who did it ? Memnon was in a guarded locked chamber yet fell to his death, who did it ? Macedonian sentires perished during the night, who did it ? Is the spirit of Oedipus reaving havoc on the Macedonian empire ? This is an exciting historical whodunit, chilling and entertaining with lively characters.
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