Alcestis
Katharine Beutner
Alcestis tells of a childhood spent with her sisters in the bedchamber where her mother died giving birth to her and of her marriage at the age of fifteen to Admetus, the young king of Pherae, a man she barely knows, who is kind but whose heart belongs to a god. She also tells the part of the story that’s never been told: What happened to Alcestis in the three days she spent in the underworld before being rescued by Heracles? In the realm of the dead, Alcestis falls in love with the goddess Persephone and discovers the true horror and beauty of death.
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ISBN | 9781569476178 |
Genre | Historical Fiction |
Publication Date | 01-Feb-10 |
Publisher | Soho Press |
Format | Hardcover |
No. of Pages | 304 |
Notes | Lambda Literary Award Finalist |
LoC Classification | PS3602.E828 .A75 2010 |
Language | English |
Rating | Good |
Subject | Alcestis (Greek Mythology)/ Fiction; Greece – History; Historical Fiction; Mythology, Greek; Mythology, Greek/ Fiction |
BookID | 264 |