Sappho's Leap |
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| Author:
| Jong, Erica |
| ISBN: | 978-1-905147-03-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.99 |
Book Description:
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Sappho's Leap is a journey back 2000 years to,inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the,world has ever known. At the age of 14, Sappho is,seduced by the beautiful poet Alcaeus, plots with,him to overthrow the dictator of the island, and,is caught and married off to a repellent older man,in the hope that matrimony will keep her out of,trouble. Instead, however, it starts her off on a,series of amorous adventures taking her from,Delphi to Egypt, and even to the Land of the,Amazons...
More DescriptionSappho's Leap is a journey back 2000 years to,inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the,world has ever known. At the age of 14, Sappho is,seduced by the beautiful poet Alcaeus, plots with,him to overthrow the dictator of the island, and,is caught and married off to a repellent older man,in the hope that matrimony will keep her out of,trouble. Instead, however, it starts her off on a,series of amorous adventures taking her from,Delphi to Egypt, and even to the Land of the,Amazons and the shadowy realm of Hades.