©2005-2009 Bevis Longstreth
All rights reserved.
Site by Articomm
 | ||
 | A deeply felt, dramatic, eminently readable re-creation of life in a royal court of ancient Persia. Longstreth's ambitious, ruthless and yet paradoxically appealing heroine deserves a place in the annals of feminism. —Marie Winn, author of Central Park in the DarkLike the Ancient Mariner, Parysatis seizes our attention, compelling us to travel with her on a richly detailed exploration of another time and place. —Bob Kerrey, President, The New SchoolArmed with a historian's fact and a novelist's imagination, Longstreth conjures the Persian Empire and one of its most infamous queens to imagine the moving and dramatic consequences of refusing to take responsibility for oneself and the heartbreaking and redemptive possibilities of finally doing so. —Karen Shepard, author of An Empire of Women, The Bad Boy's Wife, and Don't I Know You?Bevis Longstreth's captivating story brings history to life. Its central characters arekings and queens of an old Empire but its themes are no less contemporary than those that run through Shakespeare's works. —Ezra Suleiman, IBM Professor of International Studies, Princeton University[Bevis Longstreth] has given us as protagonist a devious, conniving, even murderous heroine. Most importantly she is entertaining, even mesmerizing, as well as thoroughly wicked...It would be a shame to miss her. —Jeremy Grantham, Chairman, Grantham, Mayo Van Otterloo & Co.LLC | |