The Flame And The Vision
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Set against the sun-scorched plains and ancient city-states of classical Greece — a world of warriors, philosophers, and gods — The Flame and the Vision is a sweeping historical novel that plunges the reader into the heart of a civilization at the peak of its glory and the brink of its ruin. Shelley Garner crafts a narrative of ambition, loyalty, and the eternal tension between human desire and divine will, following a protagonist whose fate becomes inextricably bound to the great forces reshaping the ancient world. The map of Macedonia, Thessaly, Arcadia, and the Mediterranean Sea that opens the novel is not mere decoration — it is an invitation to walk the roads of history itself. Garner writes with a rare combination of scholarly precision and novelistic passion, anchoring grand historical drama in richly imagined human experience. Themes of power, identity, and the price of vision resonate throughout, giving the narrative a timeless weight that transcends its ancient setting. Published by the distinguished London house Frederick Muller Limited, The Flame and the Vision stands as a testament to the enduring power of the ancient world to illuminate our own — leaving the reader to wonder whether the flames of history ever truly die, or simply wait to be rekindled.
Author: Shelley Garner
Format: Hardback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Set against the sun-scorched plains and ancient city-states of classical Greece — a world of warriors, philosophers, and gods — The Flame and the Vision is a sweeping historical novel that plunges the reader into the heart of a civilization at the peak of its glory and the brink of its ruin. Shelley Garner crafts a narrative of ambition, loyalty, and the eternal tension between human desire and divine will, following a protagonist whose fate becomes inextricably bound to the great forces reshaping the ancient world. The map of Macedonia, Thessaly, Arcadia, and the Mediterranean Sea that opens the novel is not mere decoration — it is an invitation to walk the roads of history itself. Garner writes with a rare combination of scholarly precision and novelistic passion, anchoring grand historical drama in richly imagined human experience. Themes of power, identity, and the price of vision resonate throughout, giving the narrative a timeless weight that transcends its ancient setting. Published by the distinguished London house Frederick Muller Limited, The Flame and the Vision stands as a testament to the enduring power of the ancient world to illuminate our own — leaving the reader to wonder whether the flames of history ever truly die, or simply wait to be rekindled.