Jd Smith
Auteur de Tristan and Iseult
Jd Smith est J. D. Smith (6). Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent J. D. Smith, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
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- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 32
- Popularité
- #430,838
- Évaluation
- 4.5
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 40
- Langues
- 3
Zabdas, a slave, is found in Yemen by his uncle Julius Aurelius Zabdilas, taken from a cruel master, and brought back to Julius' family in Palmyra and freed. One of Julius' daughters is the irrepressible Zenobia and we get a feel for her personality. Strong, stubborn, and self-willed, she shows herself a match for the political jockeying going on at the time by convincing two [2!] Roman emperors [both East and West] to send military aid to the Palmyrans against Shapur of Persia. She succeeds where others have failed heretofore. Julius, a retired general, goes off to fight the Tanukh tribe in the south and Zabdas trains for the Palmyran army. Eastern Roman emperor Valerian brings relief forces. The book closes with Zenobia marrying the Palmyran king, Odenathus. She has it in her mind to declare independence from Rome and set up a free Palmyra, like her father before. But she wants to do it now, not some vague time in the future, as he had thought. She feels Palmyra gets no advantage from Rome as overlord; Odenathus is blinded by his loyalty to Rome. Rome has no feeling for the Palmyrans; all they want is to protect their border.
The writing was excellent, I liked characterization [especially of Zenobia and of the fascinating Zabdas] and felt the author conveyed the period and fight scenes realistically. This novel is only 'the Rise of Zenobia' as the title tells us; her story will continue in a sequel, which I assume will treat of Zenobia as warrior-queen. Although I know the outcome of Zenobia's revolt from history I am eager to continue and to read the author's portrayal.… (plus d'informations)