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Salammbô

Salammbô

Sheldon, May French
Flaubert, Gustave

Paperback

Historical Fiction

ISBN10: 1546570802
ISBN13: 9781546570806
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 8 2017
Pages: 466
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.04 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

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An epic story of lust, cruelty, and sensuality, this historical novel is set in Carthage in the days following the First Punic War with Rome, during the 3rd century BC. Few French historical novels can stand comparison with Salammbô.

After the First Punic War, Carthage is unable to fulfill promises made to its army of mercenaries, and finds itself under attack. The fictional title character, a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, the foremost Carthaginian general, is the object of the obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With the help of the scheming freed slave, Spendius, Matho steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the Zaïmph, prompting Salammbô to enter the mercenaries' camp in an attempt to steal it back. The Zaïmph is an ornate jewelled veil draped about the statue of the goddess Tanit in the sanctum sanctorum of her temple: the veil is the city's guardian and touching it will bring death to the perpetrator.

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