I have an idea for a book.
A remote village in Asia Minor is raided and destroyed, leaving a sole survivor-- a youth of about eighteen. Bereft of his tribe, he heads south, towards Arabia, planning to exact revenge.
On the way he joins a Phoenician merchant vessel and becomes involved in trade, travelling to many different corners of the Mediterranean world including the Bosporus, Memphis, Carthage, Syracuse, Crete and Athens.
The book will include a violent pirate raid, a pitched battle, a religious festival [sacrifice, singing, women], a market scene [slavery, philosophers] , a love affair, a wedding, and a reunion and one or more hospitality scenes.
I am planning to smuggle in details about dogs, jewellery, cloth, disease, ship gear, scenery (animals, plants, weather, geography), philosophy, speech, contrast between aristocratic life and rural and urban poverty.
1 comment:
Can't wait! Sounds perfect - very enjoyable to write as well as to read.
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