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Flow down Like Silver : Hypatia of Alexandria, a Novel by Ki Longfellow (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherEIO Books
ISBN-100975925598
ISBN-139780975925591
eBay Product ID (ePID)84482306
Product Key Features
TopicContemporary Women, Biographical, Historical
Publication Year2009
Book TitleFlow Down like Silver : Hypatia of Alexandria, a Novel
Number of Pages310 Pages
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorKi Longfellow
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-032330
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisKi Longfellow, author of the acclaimed The Secret Magdalene, has now written the astonishing life of Hypatia, famed throughout the Mediterranean world, a beauty and a genius, yet for 17 centuries ignored by history.As the Roman Empire fights for its life and emerging Christianity fights for our souls, Hypatia is the last great voice of reason. A woman of sublime intelligence, Hypatia ranks above not only all women, but all men.Hypatia dazzled the world with her brilliance, was courted by men of every persuasion and was considered the leading philosopher and mathematician of her age...yet her mathematics, her inventions, the very story of her life in all its epic and dramatic intensity, has gone untold.A heart-breaking love story, an heroic struggle against intolerance, a tragedy and a triumph, Hypatia walks through these pages fully realized while all around her Egypt's Alexandria, the New York City of its day, strives to remain a beacon of light in a darkening world., Ki Longfellow, author of the acclaimed The Secret Magdalene, has now written the astonishing life of Hypatia, famed throughout the Mediterranean world, a beauty and a genius, yet for 17 centuries ignored by history. As the Roman Empire fights for its life and emerging Christianity fights for our souls, Hypatia is the last great voice of reason. A woman of sublime intelligence, Hypatia ranks above not only all women, but all men. Hypatia dazzled the world with her brilliance, was courted by men of every persuasion and was considered the leading philosopher and mathematician of her age...yet her mathematics, her inventions, the very story of her life in all its epic and dramatic intensity, has gone untold. A heart-breaking love story, an heroic struggle against intolerance, a tragedy and a triumph, Hypatia walks through these pages fully realized while all around her Egypt's Alexandria, the New York City of its day, strives to remain a beacon of light in a darkening world.
LC Classification NumberPS3562.O499F56 2009
