. . "Athens (Greece)" . . "Alcibiades Fiction." . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . . . "Biographical fiction"@en . . "Biographical fiction" . . "Historical fiction" . . . . . . . . "Rosemary Sutcliff has chosen one of the most enigmatic figures in Greek history- Alcibiades, portraying him in different lights through the shifting focus of those around him. Alcibiades' relationship with Athens is seen very much as a love affair, but a stormy one. There are grimmer overtones too, as a whole generation of young men who were the flower of Greece go to their death at Syracuse and Goat's creek. Miss Sutcliff writes;\"I have followed the historical accounts as closely as in me lies... But being a historical novelist rather than a historian I have felt free to 'fill in the gaps' and tidy up a little here and there\"." . . . . . . "The flowers of Adonis"@en . "The flowers of Adonis" . . .