Review: Greek tragedy?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2012
This is a Greek tragedy filled with the mad wives, calculating consorts and naive lovers.Beautifully researched, Tyrpak's knowledge of ancient Greece is never overdone and presents readers with a compellingly believable ancient world.  Tyrpak's characterisations are vivid and varied and her dark antagonists are perfect foils for fated lovers who could almost have stepped from 'Electra' or 'Antigone'.I am glad there are to be further volumes in this series as the progression in the relationship between Hestia and Diodorus deserves following.I am giving this book four stars because my five star markers for historical fiction are the doyen, Dorothy Dunnett, and her equally skilled fellow author Elizabeth Chadwick. It is a measure of Tyrpak's skill that she effortlessly reaches four stars.Highly recommended.