Pride of Carthage

AnepicworkofliteraryfictionaboutthesuperbmilitaryleaderofCarthage,HannibalBarca,andhisstruggleagainstthemightyRomanRepublic.Withavastcastofcharactersandnationalities,twistsoffate,andtalesofinspiredleadership,DavidAnthonyDurhamperfectlycapturesthelegendaryHannibal'sworldin"PrideofCarthage.BeginninginancientSpain,whereHannibal'sfatherhadcarvedoutaCarthaginianempire,thenoveltracestheoriginsofthewar,theopeningmoves,andHannibal'sinspiredchoicetoattackRomeviaalandroutemostbelievedimpossible.Ingraphic,panoramicprose,Durhamdescribesthebattles,includingtheicyslaughteroftheTrebia;themist-shroudedbattlealongLakeTrasimene;thebattleofCannae,inwhichHannibal'soutnumberedforcesurroundedanddecimatedseventythousandRomansinasingleafternoon;andZama,thehardslogthatprovedtobethedecisivecontest.Alongthewaywemeetavarietyofmajorhistoricalfiguresonbothsidesoftheconflict,aswellascharactersrepresentingthevastarrayofotherethnicitieswhoplayedapartinthewar:IberiansandGauls,NumidiansandLibyans,MacedoniansandMoors.Hannibal'sfamilyisbroughttolife:hiswife,mother,sisters,andyoungson,asisPubliusScipio,theyoungRomanwhowastheonlymatchforHannibal'sgeniusonthefieldofbattle--andwhoeventuallydefeatedhim."PrideofCarthageisastunningachievementinhistoricalfiction,onethatwilltransportreaderstoaworldofmesmerizingauthenticityofcharacter,event,anddetail.