What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Tales of the Ancient World
SOLVED: Adult Fiction
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SOLVED. Tales of the Ancient World ; Collection of stories set in ancient times, spanning from egypt to India [s]
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It was an old library here in India. It's unlikely to help you much.
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Yes, I am almost sure he was non Indian. It was in a heap of other drab, boring history books and the only reason I picked it out was because it was a collection of stories by a Greek sounding author, not a textbook. ( I was really into the classical era at the time)
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Egyptian Wonder Tales of the Ancient World by James Baikie
Originally published in 1914.
I am pretty sure that it was neither of these. None of the stories had "heroes" in the way Henty's have, and it was quite dark, touching on topics like slavery, bonded labour, torture, etc. and Baikie I have never heard of. The book as I said, covered a large span of history. I recall two more stories, one about Alexander's battle with Porus, and another about a boy in Crete who gets captured by slave galleys. I don't know how much help that will be. I am sorry if I haven't given enough details to pinpoint it, I dont recall it much, but I am sure I will know it when I see it. Thank you for the suggestions, though.
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Tales of the ancient world - Alexander Nemirovsky? I can't find it on goodreads.com, here's link showing the cover:http://www.livelib.ru/book/1000257240
I don't really remember, at all. Just that it was not particularly illustrated, although the cover art of various books is different here in India. Actually ... that might be it, but I have no way to check, and it seems to be in Russian.
Ayshe wrote: "Tales of the ancient world - Alexandr Nemirovsky? I can't find it on goodreads.com, here's link showing the cover:http://www.livelib.ru/book/1000257240"
Actually, I found a version of it on amazon, and the cover looks really familiar.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-ancient...
edit: I can't find any description of it anywhere, and what is more it appears to be translated from Russian. If that is so then it was a mighty good translation. I may be influenced by hindsight but I seem to recall that it was very well written...
It might actually be Tales of the ancient world - Alexandr Nemirovsky but I can't find anything even remotely close to a description. The closest i could come to is a short blurb in Russian.
Here's the link to worldcat.org:http://www.worldcat.org/title/tales-o...
Not much description there, either, maybe if you were to contact the library again?
Nope, not registered on worldcat, ill try to contact the library but I am unlikely to find it that way ( The "library" is technically just a cheap bookstore that rents out the books.)
I am pretty sure at this point that it is the one i am looking for, but not sure enough to order it without confirmation. I have been looking for about 2 hours and no luck. If someone could find even just the table of contents, i would be duly grateful
No, you don't have to be registered on worldcat to see stg special (I added the link just for the few additional bits of information), it's: "a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative"It occured to me now that you can enter your location there and it will find the nearest to you libraries that have a copy of the book.
no, I think i was a bit unclear , no LIBRARY near me is registered. (If you think that absurd, you have never been to India ;P) I am still looking for any more info. Thanks anyway.P.S. How did you manage to find it, given how obscure it appears to be ?
I found it using the worldcat's advanced search.I can't help you about the contents, I searched and maybe the following links can be of use to you:
http://tarihvearkeoloji.blogspot.com/... (in Turkish, but I guess you can use online translator)
http://kutlovica.com/detail.php?id_pr... (in Bulgarian, but has 2 more pictures)
Thanks a lot! Although the translation was atrocious to say the least ( the further the language from English, the more babelfish is involved) I think this is indeed the book I am looking for. The internet is a wondrous place. The problem is the version I read had no illustrations. This could be due to the fact that most old books here are pirated reprintings. Anyway, now I am intrigued enough to buy it. If this is indeed it, I thank you again, this really means a lot to me.So i suppose the thread is closed now ? I am still not confirmed, so should I close it or not? ( I have not really been active on this site for long ) :)
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thank you !I was a bit hesitant in doing it myself as i am not 100 % sure that it is in fact the book i am looking for (it will take quite a while to arrive)
Also, I would rather you place it as Adult. As I have mentioned before, it involves slavery, rape, massacres, etc.Definitely not a children's book, and I would hesitate to say Young adult. I am not certain as for fiction though. Perhaps in POSSIBLY SOLVED ?
I found out that the Arabic edition of the book was actually here on goodreads.com, it even has one review in Arabic :)ETA: Or some version of the book - it's 100 pages shorter:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
What's the Name of That Book???
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Egyptian Wonder Tales of the Ancient World (other topics)Authors mentioned in this topic
James Baikie (other topics)G.A. Henty (other topics)
Some of the stories i remember are - "Hannibal's last battle", telling of how Hannibal killed himself rather than let the Romans get him, another story of Hannibal's victory at a swamp, and losing his eye, one about Spartacus and one set in India about the Code of Manu. They were arranged by civilization and timeline.
It was about two inches thick and all stories were from the perspective of one of the characters. I read it about five years ago (2009 or near about) although it was probably older than that.
I would say it was adult as some of the stories were quite dark. The title was something like "Tales of the ancient world" and the cover was yellowish brown I think.
I am sorry if i didn't give enough details, but i don't remember it too well. Thank you in advance if you have any suggestions, it would mean a lot to me.