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The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug Up Troy [Library Binding]
- 作者
- 出版社 Candlewick Press (MA)
- 出版时间 2006年7月
- ISBN 9780763622831
- 定价 153.60
内容简介
Archaeologist?Mythmaker?Crook?Thisengaging,illustratedbiographyofHeinrichSchliemannanineteenthcenturyromanticwhomostbelievedidfindtheancientcityofTroyrevealshimtobeafascinatingmixtureofallthree.FromthetimeHeinrichSchliemannwasaboyorsohesaidheknewhewasdestinedtodigforlostcitiesandfindburiedtreasure.AndifSchliemannhadhisway,historybookswouldhonorhimtothisdayasoneofthegreatestarchaeologistswhoeverlived.ButalittlediggingintothelifeofSchliemannhimselfrevealsthatthisnineteenthcenturyselfmademanhadafunnyhabitoftakinglibertieswiththetruth.Likethefamouscharacterofhishero,thepoetHomer,Schliemannwasacraftyfellowandaninventorofstories,atravelerwhohadbeenshipwreckedandstrandedandsomehowsurvived.AndHeinrichSchliemannwasdeterminedtobecomealegendlikeHomerbutinhisowntime.FollowingthislargerthanlifecharacterfromhispoorchildhoodinGermanytohisachievementofwealthasamerchantinRussia,fromhisfirsthaphazarddigforthecityofIliumtohisfinalyearslivinginapseudo"PalaceofTroy,"thisengrossingtalepaintsaportraitofcontradictionsamanatoncestingyandlavishlygenerous,ascholarbothshrewdandreckless,aspeakeroftwentytwolanguagesandahealthfanaticaddictedtocoldseabaths.LauraAmySchlitzweaveshistoricalfactsamongSchliemann'sfancifulrecollections,whileRobertByrd'sillustrationsevokehislifeandtimesinwonderfuldetail.Alongtheway,THEHEROSCHLIEMANNgivesyoungreadersfoodfordiscussionabouthowhistorysometimescomestobewrittenandhowitsometimesneedstobechanged.
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