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Book SynopsisAn epic, moving graphic novel set in ancient Athens about the birth and the rise of democracy from the illustrator behind the bestselling Logicomix''Impressive ... Simultaneously a standout historical examination and a compelling story'' Booklist''It's fun, it's heartbreaking, it's thought-provoking, and it's tragic and it's absolutely one of the greatest graphic novels I expect to read all year'' i09It is 490BC and Athens is at war. Leander, trying to rouse his comrades for the morrow's battle against a far mightier enemy, begins to recount the story of his own life. Having witnessed the evils of the old tyrannical regimes and the rise of a new political system, Leander tells a tale of danger, bravery and big ideas, of the death of gods and the tortuous birth of democracy.Through a series of breathtaking scenes, we see that democracy was forged from chance and historical contingency but also through the cunning and cour
Trade ReviewImpressive ... Simultaneously a standout historical examination and a compelling story * Booklist *
It’s fun, it’s heartbreaking, it’s thought-provoking, and it’s tragic – and it’s absolutely one of the greatest graphic novels I expect to read all year * i09 *
A colorful love letter to Greek history * Kirkus *
Probably the best and certainly the most extraordinary graphic novel I have ever come across * Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times on LOGICOMIX *
Logicomix is highly original, a rich and enthralling encounter with myth, maths, theatre and the giants of twentieth-century philosophy * Posy Simmonds on LOGICOMIX *
An extraordinary piece of work... Its great subject is the historical desire to make the world totally understandable by reason, and it itches us inside the debate * John Walsh, Independent on LOGICOMIX *
