The Etruscan

by Mika Waltari

Book Overview

Hardcover: 312 pages Publisher: Putnam Pub Group (T) (June 1956) This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773237934
• ISBN13: 9781773237930
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Must Have Books
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Iron Age Odyssey

Review of "The Etruscan" by Mika Waltari Iron Age Odyssey I loved this story. This book follows the travels and exploits of Lars Turms as he searches the ancient world. He searches for his origin and for the meaning of his life. The search takes him to: rebellion, to war, to piracy, to asceticism and to the sophistication of his homeland. As the adventure unfolds he looks for understanding in politics, in religion, in nature and in love. The story introduces the reader to the civilizations of the Mediterranean during the Iron Age. Early in the book Turms is involved in the Ionian Revolts against Darius the King of Persia. The result of this disastrous rebellion is an odyssey of action, excitement, adventure, romance and religion. The ensuing travels contrast the cultures of the time. It was very realistic. I could just imagine the Iron Age people behaving just as they were portrayed. The pace of the story never slowed. There was action and suspense from beginning to end. It was easy to sympathize with the plight of the characters. I could identify with Turms and his entire cohort. The book gave a sense of the timelessness of the human condition. The questions posed by Turms are very much like questions we all ask today. The book presented timeless answers to questions asked by the main character. Seek and yea shall find. Open your mind to the possible. Expand your consciousness back in time and find a magical world of the past. Read and enjoy this book. See other books by Mika Waltari: The Egyptian: A Novel and The Roman I highly recommend this book.

Iron Age Odyssey

Review of "The Etruscan" by Mika Waltari Iron Age Odyssey I loved this story. This book follows the travels and exploits of Lars Turms as he searches the ancient world. He searches for his origin and for the meaning of his life. The search takes him to: rebellion, to war, to piracy, to asceticism and to the sophistication of his homeland. As the adventure unfolds he looks for understanding in politics, in religion, in nature and in love. The story introduces the reader to the civilizations of the Mediterranean during the Iron Age. Early in the book Turms is involved in the Ionian Revolts against Darius the King of Persia. The result of this disastrous rebellion is an odyssey of action, excitement, adventure, romance and religion. The ensuing travels contrast the cultures of the time. It was very realistic. I could just imagine the Iron Age people behaving just as they were portrayed. The pace of the story never slowed. There was action and suspense from beginning to end. It was easy to sympathize with the plight of the characters. I could identify with Turms and his entire cohort. The book gave a sense of the timelessness of the human condition. The questions posed by Turms are very much like questions we all ask today. The book presented timeless answers to questions asked by the main character. Seek and yea shall find. Open your mind to the possible. Expand your consciousness back in time and find a magical world of the past. Read and enjoy this book. See other books by Mika Waltari: The Egyptian: A Novel and The Roman I highly recommend this book.

Iron Age Odyssey

Review of "The Etruscan" by Mika Waltari I loved this story. This book follows the travels and exploits of Lars Turms as he searches the ancient world. He searches for his origin and for the meaning of his life. The search takes him to: rebellion, to war, to piracy, to asceticism and to the sophistication of his homeland. As the adventure unfolds he looks for understanding in politics, in religion, in nature and in love. The story introduces the reader to the civilizations of the Mediterranean during the Iron Age. Early in the book Turms is involved in the Ionian Revolts against Darius the King of Persia. The result of this disastrous rebellion is an odyssey of action, excitement, adventure, romance and religion. The ensuing travels contrast the cultures of the time. It was very realistic. I could just imagine the Iron Age people behaving just as they were portrayed. The pace of the story never slowed. There was action and suspense from beginning to end. It was easy to sympathize with the plight of the characters. I could identify with Turms and his entire cohort. The book gave a sense of the timelessness of the human condition. The questions posed by Turms are very much like questions we all ask today. The book presented timeless answers to questions asked by the main character. Seek and yea shall find. Open your mind to the possible. Expand your consciousness into the past and find a magical world of the past. Read and enjoy this book. I recommend this book.

ANOTHER ONE I HOPE WE DON'T LOSE.

This is another wonderful historical novel by the master, Mika Waltari. The novel takes place in ancient Rome and Greece. It is simply the story of one man's ups and downs in life. This is a great adventure story just stuffed with wonderful historical facts. I will grant you, as other reviewer's have pointed out, that this story can indeed be a bit gloomy at times and at some points, down right depressing. That is okay, it is about life and who of us don't face those situations? The story moves well in it's brooding way and is an absolute delight to read. I do hope that this is not one of those that will go permanently out of print and be lost on the bottom shelves of old books stores. Some times older is indeed better and this novel, like all of this author's work, falls into that category. I cannot recommend this one highly enough. Actually, from a personal point of view, I feel this was probably the author's best, if not most popular work.

The Etruscan shows us the Mediterranean in historical perspe

This historical novel ties together the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean during the push of the Persians into Asia Minor and Egypt. The whole Mediterranean was living in fear that the Persians would conquer and destroy them. The story actually begins in the second chapter. The first chapter can mislead the reader much in the same way that Hawthornes' first chapter of The Scarlet Letter, The Toll House, misleads the reader into thinking that the novel is a textbook and not a novel. I recommend this book for anyone who will be visiting the Mediterrranean. It brings to life many ancient sites from the shores of Cyprus to Delphi, Barcelona, Asia Minor, Marseilles, Egypt, Sicily, etc. PS: I suggest eating Mediterranean Greek/Turkish food while reading this novel: hommus, dolma, olives, baba ganush, etc. They really get you in the spirit of the novel. ( :