Pride of Carthage is a 2005 a novel about the Second Punic War by American author David Anthony Durham. The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western David Durham was also a pseudonym of mystery writer William Edward Vickers. It was first published by Doubleday, in the United States, 2005. The book was translated in Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.
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Plot summary
The novel is a retelling of Hannibal Barca's, the Carthaginian military leader, assault on the Roman Republic. Hannibal (Pronounced in Phoenician: Hanniba'al means " Ba'al is my grace " or " Ba'al has given me grace " 247 BC &ndash The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the The novel begins in Ancient Spain, where Hannibal Barca sets out with tens of thousands of soldiers and 30 elephants. The Prehistory of the Iberian peninsula begins with the arrival of the first Hominins c After conquering the Roman-allied city of Saguntum, Hannibal accepts Rome's declaration of war. Sagunto ( Valencian Sagunt; Latin Saguntum) formerly Murviedro (Valencian Morvedre) is an ancient city in Eastern He befriends peoples disillusioned by Rome and outwits the opponents who believe the land route he has chosen is impossible. Hannibal’s armies suffers brutal losses as they pass through the Pyrenees Mountains, ford the Rhone River, and make a winter crossing of the Alps before descending to fight battles at the Trebia River, Lake Trasimene, Cannae and Zama. The Pyrenees (Pirineos French: Pyrénées; Catalan: Pirineus; Occitan: Pirenèus; Aragonese: Perinés The Rhone, or the Rhône is one of the major Rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France. The Battle of the Trebia (or Trebbia) was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal The Battle of Lake Trasimene ( June 24, 217 BC, April on the Julian calendar) was a Roman defeat in the Second Punic War between the Carthaginians For the 11th century battle in the Byzantine conquest of the Mezzogiorno, see Battle of Cannae (1018. The Battle of Zama, fought around October 19 of 202 BC, marked the final and decisive end of the Second Punic War. The novel ends roughly where the war ends, although Hannibal lived on for some years as both a political figure and a mercenary soldier.
The novel features a wide cast of characters of many nationalities, from famous generals down to infantrymen and campfollowers, from Numidians to Macedonians. The Numidians were semi-nomadic Berber tribes who lived in Numidia, in Algeria east of Constantine and in part of Tunisia and Morocco The Ancient Macedonians (Μακεδόνες Makedónes were an ancient tribe which inhabited the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axius, north Durham draws a complex portrait of Hannibal, both as a warrior and as a husband and father.
Awards and nominations
- Finalist for the 2006 Legacy Award for Fiction from the Hurston/Wright Foundation.
- Book Sense 76 pick
- Black Issues Book Review’s Best Books of 2005
- Book Sense Extended Bestseller List
- For reviews see: Black Issues Book Review (January-February 2005), The Christian Science Monitor (January 11, 2005), The New York Times Book Review (February 6, 2005), The San Francisco Chronicle (February 13, 2005), “All Things Considered” on National Public Radio (February 15, 2005), The News and Observer (February 20, 2005), The Washington Post (March 30, 2005). The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D
Further reading (non-fiction)
- Bradford, E, Hannibal, London, Macmillan London Ltd. , 1981
- Caven, B. , Punic Wars, London, George Werdenfeld and Nicholson Ltd. , 1980
- Cottrell, Leonard, Hannibal: Enemy of Rome, Da Capo Press, 1992, ISBN 0-306-80498-0
- Daly, Gregory, Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War, London/New York, Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0-415-32743-1
- Delbrück, Hans, Warfare in Antiquity, 1920, ISBN 0-8032-9199-X
- Hoyos, Dexter: Hannibal's Dynasty: Power and Politics in the Western Mediterranean, 247–183 B. Hans Delbrück ( November 11, 1848 - July 14, 1929) was a German Historian. C. (Routledge: London & New York, 2003; paperback edition with maps, 2005) - has much discussion of strategy and warfare.
- Hoyos, Dexter, Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy, Bristol Phoenix Press, 2005, ISBN 1-904675-46-8 (hbk) ISBN 1-904675-47-6 (pbk)
- Lamb, Harold, Hannibal: One Man Against Rome, 1959. Harold Albert Lamb ( 1892 - April 9 1962) was an American Historian, Screenwriter, Short story writer
- Lancel, Serge, Hannibal, Blackwell Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0631218483
- Livy, and De Selincourt, Aubery, The War with Hannibal: Books XXI-XXX of the History of Rome from its Foundation, Penguin Classics, Reprint edition, July 30, 1965, ISBN 0-14-044145-X (pbk)(also [1])
- Prevas, John, Hannibal Crosses the Alps: The Invasion of Italy and the Second Punic War, 2001, ISBN 0306810700, questions which route he took
- Talbert, Richard J.A., ed. Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC &ndash AD 17 known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome Richard JA Talbert (born 1947 is a contemporary British-American ancient historian and classicist on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Atlas of Classical History, Routledge, London/New York, 1985, ISBN 0-415-03463-9
External links
- Official website
- Author's Blog
- Various Pride of Carthage Reviews
- The Battle of Cannae at www. unrv. com
- The Battle of Cannae at Roman-empire. net
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