fadedpage.com

FP now includes 8135 eBooks in its collection.

  main page


Oedipus [AKA The Eagle King]

Cover Image

Book Details

Title:Oedipus [AKA The Eagle King]
Author:
Treece, Henry   
(18 of 28 for author by title)
The Queen's Brooch
Men of the Hills
Published:   1964
Publisher:The Bodley Head
Tags:fiction, Mythology, Greece
Description:

The third book in Treece’s Mycenaean Greek trilogy. Treece rewrites the myth of Oedipus, introducing a number of changes in Sophocles’ version and presenting Oedipus as the champion of a progressive patriarchy rather than the established matriarchy. [Suggest a different description.]

Comments:Retitled in U.S.A. as 'The Eagle King'
Downloads:386
Pages:289 Info

Author Bio for Treece, Henry

Author Image

Henry Treece (1911-1966) was one of the most prolific writers of historical fiction in the 20th Century. Born in Staffordshire, he mostly wrote prose fiction but he also published five collections of poems including The Haunted Garden in 1947. Together with writer J.F. Hendry (1912-1986) he was founder of the New Apocalyptics poetry group that was active in the 1930s.

Available Formats

UTF-8 text   20210285.txt
HTML20210285.html
Epub20210285.epubIf you cannot open a .mobi file on your mobile device, please use .epub with an appropriate eReader.
Mobi/Kindle20210285.mobiInfoNot all Kindles or Kindle apps open all .mobi files.
PDF (tablet)20210285-a5.pdf
HTML Zip20210285-h.zip

Kindle Direct (New, Experimental)

Send this book direct to your kindle via email. We need your Send-to-Kindle Email address, which can be found by looking in your Kindle device’s Settings page. All kindle email addresses will end in @kindle.com. Note you must add our email server’s address, [email protected], to your Amazon account’s Approved E-mail list. This list may be found on your Amazon account: Your AccountManage Your Content and DevicesPreferencesPersonal Document SettingsApproved Personal Document E-mail ListAdd a new approved e-mail address.

Send to Kindle Email Address:

This book is in the public domain in Canada, and is made available to you DRM-free. You may do whatever you like with this book, but mostly we hope you will read it.

Here at FadedPage and our companion site Distributed Proofreaders Canada, we pride ourselves on producing the best ebooks you can find. Please tell us about any errors you have found in this book, or in the information on this page about this book.