Xanthippe, Wife of Socrates - Eileen E. Smith - Hardcover

Much has been written about Socrates but little is found about his wife beyond random comments about her sassy tongue & bad temper. Not since Mary Renault gave us THE KING MUST DIE & THE BULL FROM THE SEA has a novelist integrated story with such a fascinating period of history. Socrates, who alone would seem to defy fictionalization, takes on lively life here, while his young wife Xanthippe emerges as one of fiction's most engagingly complex heroines. The real Xanthippe deserved to be known & her Athens, besieged by the Spartans, is admirably researched & recreated in this fast-paced narrative. This exotic, often violent world, despite its remoteness in time, contains parallels to our own century. The mores differ, but the men & women, with their brutalities & lusts, their courage, idealism & endurance, are not far from us who are alive today. Author Eileen Ebert Smith after 12 years of research presents a captivating new view of Xanthippe & her place in Greek history. The book jacket itself invites you to this new novel not to be missed. Order: ISBN 0-9643972-0-X JANZEN PRESS, P.O. Box 2254, Palm Springs, CA 92263; 619-861-5788; Price: $23.00, or Baker & Taylor CD ROM.Smith, Eileen E. is the author of 'Xanthippe, Wife of Socrates - Eileen E. Smith - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780964397200 and ISBN 096439720X.