by Valerio Massimo Manfredi · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804662648
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«Lo scudo di Talos» is the historical novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, published by Mondadori in paperback (318 pages, in Italian).
The novel follows Talos, a Spartan boy abandoned because of his disability and saved by an old shepherd who teaches him to oppose a destiny already written. The Greece of the Persian wars —Marathon, Thermopylae— serves as the backdrop to a family story in which Talos and his intrepid brother Brithos end up fighting together against the invaders.
Standalone work originally published in 1988; this 2016 edition belongs to Mondadori's Oscar Absolute collection.
For readers of historical fiction, adventures in ancient Greece, and Italian literature.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
