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Author Grey, Anthony, 1936- author

Title The tortoise in Asia / Tony Grey
Published Bloomington [Indiana] : Printed and electronic Book orders (worldwide) Indiana University Press, Herman B. Wells Library
New Barnet, Herts, United Kingdom : John Libbey Publishing Ltd, [2015]
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF (iv, 273 pages)) : 1 color illustration, 1 color map
Summary Based on a popular legend in Gansu, the far western province of China, The Tortoise in Asia recounts the exploits of Marcus, a young Roman centurion schooled in the Greek classics who, after a devastating loss in a battle with the Parthians, is taken prisoner, marched along the Silk Road, and pressed into service as a border guard on the eastern frontier. After a daring escape, Marcus has many adventures working with the Hun army as a mercenary. Throughout this harrowing journey, Marcus learns about Chinese philosophies, uncovering the startling similarities between these philosophies and those of Greece
Notes Print version record
Subject Mercenary troops -- Fiction
Carrhae, Battle of, Turkey, 53 B.C. -- Fiction
Philosophy, Ancient -- Fiction
Philosophy, Chinese -- Fiction
FICTION -- Sagas.
Mercenary troops
Philosophy, Ancient
Philosophy, Chinese
SUBJECT China -- History -- Fiction
Silk Road -- Fiction
Subject Asia -- Silk Road
China
Turkey -- Harran
Genre/Form Fiction
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780861969203
0861969200