THE YEARS OF THE CITY

by George R. Stewart ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 25, 1955

The pages of history are turned back to the cycle of the life and death of a city, dating back to Homeric days, and uncovered by excavation in 1907. Little remained, but evidence of votive offerings and altars to gods, and- in later excavation- city walls and temples, scattered foundation lines of houses, a few gold coins- and possibly another town dating back to Neolithic days.... On such slender material George Stewart has reconstructed his story, covering the first 200 years from the founding of the city by people in long boats, through its democratic establishment, the winning of the conflict against the hill people, the successive periods of social unrest, the first tyrants, the great battle against The Horde, and the dissolution and weakening which yielded at last to utter destruction. A tenuous thread of story, in which the Founder and his people and their descendants appear- and reappear- seems inadequate to hold reader interest through some 600 odd pages. Possibly for antiquarians, to whom ways lost in the fog of ancient history still hold magic, this will appeal.

Pub Date: Aug. 25, 1955

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1955

Categories: FICTION