Thalaba the Destroyer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781722236205)

Thalaba the Destroyer is an 1801 epic poem composed by Robert Southey. The poem is divided into twelve "books" with irregular stanza structures and unrhymed lines of poetry. The story describes how a group of sorcerers work to destroy the Hodeirah family in an attempt to prevent a prophecy of their future doom from coming true. However, a young child named Thalaba is able to escape from the slaughter. After one of the sorcerers hunts down Thalaba to kill him, the sorcerer is defeated by a great storm and his powerful magical ring comes into Thalaba's possession. With the ring, Thalaba travels across the Middle East to find a way to defeat the evil sorcerers.

Author: Robert Southey
ISBN-10: 1722236205
ISBN-13: 9781722236205
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/05/2018
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.64d