Amazons : the real warrior women of the ancient world
Man, John, 1941-2018
Books, Manuscripts
The Amazons were fierce, hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legend has it they would cut off their breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their boy children to purify their ranks. For centuries these powerful, sexually dominant barbarian women were believed to be the fantastical invention of Greek myth and storytelling - until now. Drawing on decades of research and a series of recent archaeological discoveries, John Man travels to the grasslands of Central Asia, from the edge of the ancient Greek world to the borderlands of China, to discover the truth about the legendary women of the Eurasian steppes.
Main title:
Author:
Man, John, 1941-, author
Imprint:
London : Corgi Books, 2018.
Collation:
xiv, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Originally published: London: Bantam Press, 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780552173285 (pbk)
Dewey class:
305.4093305.409
LC class:
HQ1139
Local class:
398.352
Language:
English
BRN:
2203541