Achilles His Armour

All the outrageous daring that made Alcibiades the prodigy and scourge of ancient Athens springs to life in the pages of this biographical novel. Destined to play both hero and villain in one of history's most fascinating dramas, the great general of the Peloponnesian War emerges here from the shadows of time with a blazing intensity, rivaling the most extravagant figures of romance.--dust jacket.