Stealing Athena

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Stealing Athena
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First Edition Book Cover, Doubleday
Author Karen Essex
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date
June 2008
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)

Stealing Athena is an historical novel by Karen Essex, which chronicles the journey of the controversial Elgin Marbles or Parthenon Sculptures from their home atop the Acropolis in Athens to the present location, The British Museum. The story is told in dual narratives from the points of view of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin, who assisted her husband, British ambassador Lord Elgin, in removing the marbles, and Aspasia, mistress to Pericles, who witnessed the construction of the Parthenon. Published by Doubleday, June 2008. [1]

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  1. Author website, KarenEssex.com