Annabel Lyon
From the award-winning author of ,The Golden Mean,, a captivating, wholly transporting new novel that follows Aristotleâ€™s strong-willed daughter as she shapes her own destiny: an unexpected love story, a tender portrait of a girl and her father, and an astonishing journey through the underbelly of a supposedly enlightened society., Aristotle has never been able to resist a keen mind, and Pythias is certainly her fatherâ€™s daughter: besting his brightest students, refusing to content herself with a life circumscribed by the kitchen, the loom, and, eventually, a husband. Into her teenage years, she is protected by the reputation of her adored father, but with the death of Alexander the Great, her fortunes suddenly change. Aristotleâ€™s family is forced to flee Athens for a small town, where the great philosopher soon dies, and orphaned Pythias quickly discovers that the world is not a place of logic after all, but one of superstition. As threats close in on herâ€”a rebellious household, capricious gods and goddessesâ€”she will need every ounce of wit she possesses, and the courage to seek refuge where she least expects it.
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