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Country United States Publication date May 14, 2002 Pages 416 Publisher Doubleday | 3.7/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print Originally published 14 May 2002 Page count 416 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Theseus and the Amazons Genres Historical drama, War novel Similar Steven Pressfield books, Amazons books, Historical drama books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last of the Amazons is a novel by Steven Pressfield that recounts the legend of Theseus and the Amazons, set before the threshold of recorded history, a generation before the Trojan War. The novel's theme is the conflict between the nascent Greek civilization and the savage but free Amazons of the Eastern steppes, between men and women, and between love and hate.
The novel covers Theseus's travels to the lands of the Amazons, his elopement with their war queen Antiope, and the war pursued by the Amazons to recover their queen and honor, which leads them to the walls of Athens and to eventual oblivion as a people. Most of the story is told through a series of interlocked flashbacks and recollections by an Athenian girl, Bones; her governess, the captive Amazon Selene; and Bones's uncle Damon, Selene's lover.
In 2002, the year of its publication, the novel was optioned for adaptation as a feature film by James Cameron, but nothing eventually came of it.