The Sacred Land

The Sacred Land

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name = The Sacred Land
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author = H. N. Turteltaub
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country = United States
language = English
series = Hellenic Traders
genre = Historical novel
publisher = Saint Martin's Press
release_date = 2003
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 380
isbn = 0765300370
preceded_by = The Gryphon's Skull
followed_by = Owls to Athens

"The Sacred Land" is the third book in the Hellenic Traders series by H N Turteltaub. Like the others in the series it is a work of historical fiction concerning the adventures of a pair of Greek traders from Rhodes.

Plot

In the book, Sostratos, the more scholarly of the pair, visits Jerusalem, where he tries to learn more about the odd monotheists who live there. Menedemos, meantime, fulfills his usual role of paying more attention to profits than prophets and pays a great deal of attention to women (occasionally those married to other men).

Setting

The setting is in Jerusalem and the surrounding area in the period of time about thirty years after the death of Alexander the Great. As in the other books in the series, persons and places are frequently given their Greek names rather than the English ones (Sokrates, Platon, etc).


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