The lost sisterhood a novel

"The Lost Sisterhood takes on historical myth--the warrior women called the Amazons--and shows us they were not mythical, but a real band of beleaguered but brave priestesses-in-training who banded together to rescue their kidnapped companions. While their desperate trek unfolds in the past, we foll...

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Main Author: Fortier, Anne, 1971-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, 2014.
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Summary:"The Lost Sisterhood takes on historical myth--the warrior women called the Amazons--and shows us they were not mythical, but a real band of beleaguered but brave priestesses-in-training who banded together to rescue their kidnapped companions. While their desperate trek unfolds in the past, we follow Diana, a modern-day scholar who has always been fascinated by the Amazons, as she embarks on a trek of her own. Led by enigmatic Middle Easterner Nick Barran, Diana searches for traces of a fabled Amazonian treasure in the wastelands of the Sahara"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:585 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:9780345536228 (hardback)
0345536223 (hardback)
Author Notes:Anne Fortier grew up in Denmark and divides her time between Europe and North America. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Juliet . Fortier also co-produced the Emmy Award-winning documentary Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia . She holds a Ph.D. in the history of ideas from Aarhus University, Denmark. The Lost Sisterhood is her second novel in English.