by Irving Stone · n/a · tapa dura · ISBN 9783426088586
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«Der griechische Schatz. Das Leben von Sophia und Heinrich Schliemann» is the historical novel by Irving Stone, in German and hardback, published by Droemer Knaur.
Historical novel that follows Heinrich Schliemann, archaeologist and businessman, and his young wife Sophia, who accompanies him on the excavations with which he tries to unearth ancient Troy. It portrays the obsession of a man determined to prove the historical reality of the Trojan War and the personal price that pursuit exacted from both.
The original English title is «The Greek Treasure»; this edition appeared in 1982 and has 447 pages.
For readers of historical fiction and biography, and for those interested in archaeology, ancient Greece, and the myth of Troy.
Irving Stone was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), about Michelangelo.
