Salammbô (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781976461064)

After the First Punic War, Carthage is unable to fulfill promises made to its army of mercenaries, and finds itself under attack. The fictional title character, a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, the foremost Carthaginian general, is the object of the obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With the help of the scheming freed slave, Spendius, Matho steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the Za mph, prompting Salammb to enter the mercenaries' camp in an attempt to steal it back. The Za mph is an ornate bejewelled veil draped about the statue of the goddess Tanit in the sanctum sanctorum of her temple: the veil is the city's guardian and touching it will bring death to the perpetrator.

Author: Gustave Flaubert
ISBN-10: 1976461065
ISBN-13: 9781976461064
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2017
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d