ARGONAUT BOOKS

Fascinating and magnificent, beautifully written and explained: this book is a masterpiece.GEORGE MONBIOT, author of Feral and The Invisible DoctrineI have never read a book on Mesopotamia that so beautifully brings to life the people themselves. There are beautiful descriptions of what it is to be pregnant, to give birth, to have small children, to love a dog. I love the way in which she's not just writing about priests or kings, but is giving us a clay tablet on which a little child has bitten, so you have the imprint of his teeth. It melts away the sense of time. A wonderful read.TOM HOLLAN...Read More