{"product_id":"2026200009273-secondhand-salammbo","title":"Salammbo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.  \n \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of ancient Carthage in the third century BC, Salammbo is a sweeping historical novel that immerses readers in the brutal and opulent world of the Mercenary War. Gustave Flaubert chronicles the doomed obsession between Mathô, a fierce Libyan soldier leading a revolt of unpaid mercenaries, and Salammbô, the beautiful and mystical daughter of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca. Rich with meticulous archaeological detail and sensuous, almost hallucinatory prose, the novel presents a world of religious fervour, savage warfare, and erotic longing that reads as both an epic poem and a precise historical reconstruction. Flaubert's masterwork illustrates his extraordinary gift for transporting readers across time, delivering a narrative that is simultaneously grand in its ambition and intimate in its tragedy. First published in 1862, it remains one of the most ambitious and visually arresting works of nineteenth-century French literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48888001724635,"sku":"2026200009273-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9b39013e-f545-4969-8ff3-5625bcb70bab.png?v=1781752177","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009273-secondhand-salammbo","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}