Victoria Whitworth

Gebundenes Buch

Dust and Pomegranates

How Greece Changed Me Forever

Beschreibung

A glorious new memoir, from the author of Swimming with Seals, entwines Victoriaâ s turbulent girlhood and often disturbing experiences as a young English teacher in Greece with myth, history and archaeology.

Autor

Victoria Whitworth is a novelist and academic who explores the culture and society of Britain in the Early Middle Ages, focusing on death, burial and memory. She is the author of Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England (as Victoria Thompson); The Bone Thief and The Traitors' Pit (as V.M. Whitworth); Daughter of the Wolf and Swimming with Seals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 161mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781035910663
• ISBN-10: 1035910667
• Artikelnr.: 70974315

Rezensionen

I love this book. It has the texture of a dream on a hot summer's night, as Victoria Whitworth's vivid recollections of her youthful adventures (and shocking misadventures) commingle with stories from Greek legends to produce a memoir full of illuminating insights and startling ancient echoes.