Stealing Athena
Subtitle: a novel
By: Karen Essex
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780385519717
Subjects: Fiction; Elgin marbles; History
Description: Chronicles of the Marbles' amazing journey through the dynamic narratives of Mary Nisbet, wife of the Earl of Elgin, the British ambassador to Constantinople, and Aspasia, the mistress of Perikles, the most powerful man in Athens during that city's Golden Age.
Notes: "Advance reading copy, not for sale"--Cover.