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Iron Age Odyssey
Review of "The Etruscan" by Mika Waltari

Iron Age Odyssey

I loved this story.

This book follows the travels and exploits of Lars Turms as he searches the ancient world.He searches for his origin and for the meaning of his life.The search takes him to: rebellion, to war, to piracy, to asceticism and to the sophistication of his homeland. As the adventure unfolds he looks for understanding in politics, in religion, in nature and in love.

The story introduces the reader to the civilizations of the Mediterranean during the Iron Age.Early in the book Turms is involved in the Ionian Revolts against Darius the King of Persia.The result of this disastrous rebellion is an odyssey of action, excitement, adventure, romance and religion.The ensuing travels contrast the cultures of the time.

It was very realistic.I could just imagine the Iron Age people behaving just as they were portrayed.

The pace of the story never slowed.There was action and suspense from beginning to end.

It was easy to sympathize with the plight of the characters.I could identify with Turms and his entire cohort.

The book gave a sense of the timelessness of the human condition.The questions posed by Turms are very much like questions we all ask today.The book presented timeless answers to questions asked by the main character.Seek and yea shall find.

Open your mind to the possible.Expand your consciousness back in time and find a magical world of the past.Read and enjoy this book.

See other books by Mika Waltari:

The Egyptian: A Novel

and

The Roman

I highly recommend this book.

Iron Age Odyssey
Review of "The Etruscan" by Mika Waltari

Iron Age Odyssey

I loved this story.

This book follows the travels and exploits of Lars Turms as he searches the ancient world.He searches for his origin and for the meaning of his life.The search takes him to: rebellion, to war, to piracy, to asceticism and to the sophistication of his homeland. As the adventure unfolds he looks for understanding in politics, in religion, in nature and in love.

The story introduces the reader to the civilizations of the Mediterranean during the Iron Age.Early in the book Turms is involved in the Ionian Revolts against Darius the King of Persia.The result of this disastrous rebellion is an odyssey of action, excitement, adventure, romance and religion.The ensuing travels contrast the cultures of the time.

It was very realistic.I could just imagine the Iron Age people behaving just as they were portrayed.

The pace of the story never slowed.There was action and suspense from beginning to end.

It was easy to sympathize with the plight of the characters.I could identify with Turms and his entire cohort.

The book gave a sense of the timelessness of the human condition.The questions posed by Turms are very much like questions we all ask today.The book presented timeless answers to questions asked by the main character.Seek and yea shall find.

Open your mind to the possible.Expand your consciousness into the past and find a magical world of the past.Read and enjoy this book.

See:

The Roman: The Memoirs of Minutus Lausus Manilianus, Who Has Won the Insignia of a Triumph, Who Has the Rank of Consul, Who Is Chairman of the Priest

The Egyptian: A Novel

I recommend this book.


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Der Erwerb des Buches enthält gleichzeitig die kostenlose Mitgliedschaft im Buchklub des Verlags zum Ausprobieren - dort können Sie von über einer Million Bücher ohne weitere Kosten auswählen. Das Buch besteht aus Wikipedia-Artikeln: Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot, Finnischer Krimipreis, Eeva Kilpi, Juice Leskinen, Kanteletar, Mika Waltari, Ilkka Remes, Lasse Lehtinen, Hella Wuolijoki, Rita Öhquist, Arto Paasilinna, Aleksis Kivi, Urho Karhumäki, Minna Canth, Aino Kallas, Aale Tynni, Anna-Liisa, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Hannu Raittila, Taavi Soininvaara, Reijo Mäki, Harri Nykänen, Sirkka Turkka, Paavo Haavikko, Satu Hassi, Leena Lehtolainen, Pentti Kirstilä, Väinö Linna, Arvid Järnefelt, Veijo Meri, Julius Krohn, Matti Rönkä, Juhani Aho, Eino Leino, Väinö Albert Nuorteva, Antti Tuuri, Pentti Holappa, Simo Puupponen, Juha Mannerkorpi, Sinuhe der Ägypter, Liste finnischsprachiger Schriftsteller, Die Frau des Arbeiters, Toivo Pekkanen, Aili Konttinen, Ilmari Kianto, Annika Idström, Risto Isomäki, Jari Tervo, Teuvo Pakkala, Daniel Katz, Timo Parvela, Eila Kivikk'aho,. Online finden Sie die kostenlose Aktualisierung der Bücher. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Das Kalevala ist ein von Elias Lönnrot im 19. Jahrhundert auf Grundlage der mündlich überlieferten finnischen Mythologie zusammengestelltes Epos. Es gilt als das finnische Nationalepos und zählt zu den wichtigsten literarischen Werken in finnischer Sprache. Das Kalevala trug maßgeblich zur Entwicklung des finnischen Nationalbewusstseins bei und hat weit über Finnland hinaus gewirkt. Die erste Fassung des Werkes erschien im Jahr 1835. Der Name leitet sich von dem Urvater der besungenen Helden, Kaleva, ab und bedeutet so viel wie „Land Kalevas". Der Standardtext des Kalevala besteht aus 22.795 Versen, die in fünfzig Gesänge eingeteilt sind. Das Kalevala besteht aus einer Zusammenstellung von einem breiten Spektrum von Heldensagen und Mythen. Es handelt hauptsächlich vom Werben um die Tochter vo...http://booksllc.net/?l=de&id=72415 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Linus Torvalds, Mika Waltari, Jari Kurri, Tapio Mattlar, Teemu Selänne, Esa Tikkanen, Matti Hagman, Tove Jansson, Kari Lehtonen, Lauri Malmberg, Juha Ylönen, Oskar Merikanto, Aarre Merikanto, Hugo Österman, Johann Hampus Furuhjelm, Paavo Talvela, Mika Salo, Mauritz Stiller, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Gustaf Molander, Juha Lind, Tarja Halonen, Ari Sulander, Sami Ryhänen, Sakari Mattila, Erik Heinrichs, Jani Rita, Jere Karalahti, Mixu Paatelainen, Sean Bergenheim, Toni Dahlman, Lauri Ylönen, Christian Nabais, Tommi Korpela, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Susanna Mälkki, Anni Sinnemäki, Petri Ylönen, Seppo Räty, Jouni Kaipainen, Aki Riihilahti, Eero Aarnio, Janne Heikkinen, Magnus Lindberg, Elina Brotherus, Adolf Etolin, Timo Mäkinen, Pehr Forsskål, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Armas Taipale, Walter Jakobsson, Peter Von Bagh, Jacob Söderman, Perttu Kivilaakso, Woldemar Hagglund, Aki Parviainen, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Paavo Heininen, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Tony Halme, Roope Latvala, Niklas Bäckström, Mika Lehkosuo, Okko Kamu, Aki Rahunen, Erkki Tuomioja, Astrid Thors, Robert Kajanus, Susanna Haavisto, Peter Kopteff, Tomi Poikolainen, Paavo Berglund, Jussi Pajunen, Jan Vapaavuori, Pierre Enckell, Matti Helminen, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Tuija Brax, Jussi Aalto, Kanerva Cederström, Alfredo Kojima, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Paavo Haavikko, John Weckström, Harald Lindberg, Lars Ahlfors, Matti Klinge, Markku Alén, Roni Porokara, Sebastian Sorsa, Jukka-Pekka Väyrynen, Dj Kiki, Ensio Siilasvuo, Yrjö Kilpinen, Maija Vilkkumaa, Michael Monroe, Tarja Cronberg, Teuvo Moilanen, Roope Heilala, Sirpa Asko-Seljavaara, Alexander Stubb, Minna Haapkylä, Bo Carpelan, Santeri Siimes, Tommi Hartonen, Timo Sarpaneva, Eero Heinonen, Pauli Rantasalmi, Topi Mattila, Pentti S...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Mika Waltari, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Juhani Aho, Arto Paasilinna, Tove Jansson, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Pentti Haanpää, Pentii Haanpää, Armas Launis, Björn Kurtén, Ior Bock, Zacharias Topelius, Julius Krohn, Johannes Linnankoski, Aleksis Kivi, Ilkka Remes, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Väinö Linna, Paavo Haavikko, Pentti Holappa, Simo Puupponen, Elias Lönnrot, Mitro Repo, Bo Carpelan, Uma Aaltonen, Mauri Kunnas, Joel Lehtonen, Liste D'écrivains Finlandais par Ordre Alphabétique, Marko Kitti, Jari Tervo, Ole Torvalds, Outi Alanne. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Arto Paasilinna est un écrivain finlandais, de langue finnoise, né le 20 avril 1942 à Kittilä en Laponie finlandaise. Il est l'auteur de nombreux romans (35 fin 2009) qui ont été traduits en plus de 27 langues (dont 13 en français mi-2010). Il écrit aussi pour le cinéma, la radio et la télévision. Paasilinna est, avec Mika Waltari, un des écrivains finlandais les plus connus dans le monde. Reino Paasilinna, député européen, est son frère. Arto Paasilinna est né en 1942 dans un camion, en plein exode ; sa famille, fuyant la guerre, est chassée vers la Norvège, puis la Suède et la Laponie finlandaise. Paasilinna - qui signifie en finnois "forteresse de pierre" - est un nom inventé par son père, né Gullstén, pour "finniser", comme beaucoup de Finlandais, un patronyme à consonance suédoise (à l'instar des personnes inspirée par le mouvement fennomane). Les circonstances de sa naissance et les premières années de sa vie ont fait dire à Paasilinna : "J'ai connu quatre états différents dans ma prime jeunesse. La fuite est devenue une constante dans mes récits, mais il y a quelque chose de positif dans la fuite, si avant il y a eu combat". Dès l'âge de tr...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Nils Torvalds, Ole Torvalds, Mika Waltari, Arto Paasilinna, Olavi Paavolainen, Armas Äikiä, Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, Jyrki Kasvi, Eljas Erkko, Julius Krohn, Umayya Abu-Hanna, Miina Sillanpää, Lenita Airisto, Joel Lehtonen, Max Jakobson, Minna Canth, Teuvo Peltoniemi, Eino Leino, Jyrki Hämäläinen, Niko Nirvi, Phinn, Markus Kajo, Juhani Aho, Knud Möller, Frans Myyryläinen, Risto Hieta, Eino S. Repo, Eva Polttila, Ville Sorvali, Usko Santavuori, Atos Wirtanen, Urpo Lahtinen, Jari Sarasvuo, Aatos Erkko, Tuomas Enbuske, Peter Nyman, Arvi Lind, Jori Olkkonen, Meri Utrio, Viivi Avellan, Riku Rantala, Uma Aaltonen, Arto Salminen, Jutta Zilliacus, Arto Nyberg, Mark Levengood, Risto Pakarinen, Klaus Flaming, Matts Dumell, Evert Eloranta, Veikko Ennala, Bobi Sourander. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 139. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Acerbi (Italy)1994 The Year of the HareUNESCO Collection1994 The Year of the Hare Arto Tapio Paasilinna (born 20 April 1942 in Kittilä) is a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of the most successful novelists of Finland, he has won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland". Paasilinna is best known for his 1975 novel The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi), a best-seller in France and Finland, translated into 18 languages, awarded three international prizes, and adapted twice into feature films. Arto Paasilinna's brothers are authors Erno Paasilinna, Reino Paasilinna and Mauri Paasilinna. Arto Paasilinna was born on 20 April 1942 in the Alakylä part of the municipality of Kitt...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1647525 ... Read more

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Chapters: Finnish-Language Poets, Finnish-Language Writers, Tapio Rautavaara, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Mika Waltari, Arto Paasilinna, Pentti Linkola, Spede Pasanen, Vexi Salmi, Paavo Haavikko, Pentti Saarikoski, Kalle Päätalo, Kirsi Kunnas, Eino Leino, Sinikka Laine, Laila Hirvisaari, Risto Isomäki, Paula Vesala, Timo K. Mukka, Reino Helismaa, Antti Puhakka, Juha Vainio, Antti Tuuri, Arto Salminen, Pentti Haanpää, Hannu Mäkelä. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 84. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Acerbi (Italy)1994 The Year of the HareUNESCO Collection1994 The Year of the Hare Arto Tapio Paasilinna (born 20 April 1942 in Kittilä) is a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of the most successful novelists of Finland, he has won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before. Translated into 27 languages, over seven million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, and he has been claimed as "instrumental in generating the current level of interest in books from Finland". Paasilinna is best known for his 1975 novel The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi), a best-seller in France and Finland, translated into 18 languages, awarded three international prizes, and adapted twice into feature films. Arto Paasilinna's brothers are authors Erno Paasilinna, Reino Paasilinna and Mauri Paasilinna. Arto Paasilinna was born on 20 April 1942 in the Alakylä part of the municipality of Kittilä, in Lapland, Finland. His parents were Väinö Paasilinna (19021950, born Gullstén, changed his surname in 1934 after a family conflict) and Hilda-Maria Paasilinna (19081983, born Niva). The Paasilinna's had seven children, five sons and two daughters, including the writer Erno Paasilinna; the author, MEP and TV personality Reino Paasilinna; t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1647525 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Linus Torvalds, Mika Waltari, Jorma Ollila, Erkki Hartikainen, Jussi V. Koivisto, Konrad Nielsen, Olli Lounasmaa, Timo Soini, Nickey Iyambo, Jakob Hurt, Pekka Hämäläinen, Gunnar Landtman, Peter Lindbäck. Excerpt:Erkki Hartikainen (b. 1942, Finland ) is the chairman of Atheist Association of Finland ("Suomen Ateistiyhdistys" in Finnish, a very small atheistic association in Finland). He qualified as a Master of Science in the University of Helsinki in 1967. His subjects were mathematics , a theoretical philosophy and computer science . Hartikainen has been the chairman of Atheist Association of Finland since the year 1985. On his career Hartikainen has served as the actuary in the end of the 1960s, for nearly 20 years as the teacher of mathematics, physics and chemistry in schools, and after that since the year 1989 as teacher of information technology in the adult college of Vantaa . He was working in 1994 1998 as a statistician in the city of Vantaa. Hartikainen retired in 2005. In Union of Freethinkers of Finland ("Vapaa-ajattelijan liitto" in Finnish, the biggest atheistic association in Finland) Hartikainen operated for 40 years, as a chairman in 1999 2005. He has been one of the leading atheistic freethinkers in Finland . He was the editor in chief of the Freethinkers Union's Vapaa Ajattelija magazine for several periods since 1969. In 1982 1983 as secretary general of the Union of Freethinkers his objective was get to Finland the teaching of the "elämänkatsomustieto" ("life stance education" , a non-religious alternative to religion teaching in schools), which indeed came true later. Hartikainen complained to the human rights committee of the United Nations from the curriculum of the comprehensive school subject of the "uskontojen historia ja siveysoppi" (history of reli... ... Read more

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Chapters: Mika Waltari, Kaari Utrio, Jukka M. Heikkilä. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kaari Marjatta Utrio (born July 28, 1942, proper surname Utrio-Linnilä, is a Finnish writer. She has written tens of historical novels and many non-fiction books on historical topics. She is an educated historian, holding the degree of Master of Philosophy from the University of Finland, and has retured from the position of Professor in service of the Finnish State Commission of Fine Arts. Kaari Utrio was born in Helsinki to a middle-class family. Her father was Urho Untamo Utrio, who after the Winter War worked as CEO of Tammi, a Finnish publishing company. Her mother Meri Marjatta Utrio (née Vitikainen) worked as an editor and a translator to Finnish. There were about four thousand books in Utrio's home, and literature was greatly valued in her family. Utrio became acquintated with literature at a young age, when her mother read her classics of world literature, such as Kipling and Shakespeare as bed-time stories. At age seven Utrio read a whole book by hereself, it happened to be the rather thick Jokamiehen maailmanhistoria (World history for the everyman). At school Utrio did rather well, also in concept writing, even though she did not have any plans to become a writer at the time. Instead she wanted to become a researcher in history. Grimberg's Kansojen historia (History of peoples) offered a living description of history to the young Utrio. Kaari Utrio matriculated in 1962 from Helsingin tyttölukio, a high school for girls only. After that, she studied history at the University of Helsinki and graduated as a Bachelor of Sciences in 1967. The following year, Utrio published her first novel Kartanonherra ja kaunis Kirstin (The lord of the mansion and t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3143978 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Mika Waltari, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Juhani Aho, Arto Paasilinna, Tove Jansson, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Pentti Haanpää, Pentii Haanpää, Armas Launis, Björn Kurtén, Ior Bock, Zacharias Topelius, Julius Krohn, Johannes Linnankoski, Aleksis Kivi, Ilkka Remes, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Väinö Linna, Paavo Haavikko, Pentti Holappa, Simo Puupponen, Elias Lönnrot, Mitro Repo, Bo Carpelan, Uma Aaltonen, Mauri Kunnas, Joel Lehtonen, Liste D'écrivains Finlandais par Ordre Alphabétique, Marko Kitti, Jari Tervo, Ole Torvalds, Outi Alanne. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Arto Paasilinna est un écrivain finlandais, de langue finnoise, né le 20 avril 1942 à Kittilä en Laponie finlandaise. Il est l'auteur de nombreux romans (35 fin 2009) qui ont été traduits en plus de 27 langues (dont 13 en français mi-2010). Il écrit aussi pour le cinéma, la radio et la télévision. Paasilinna est, avec Mika Waltari, un des écrivains finlandais les plus connus dans le monde. Reino Paasilinna, député européen, est son frère. Arto Paasilinna est né en 1942 dans un camion, en plein exode ; sa famille, fuyant la guerre, est chassée vers la Norvège, puis la Suède et la Laponie finlandaise. Paasilinna - qui signifie en finnois "forteresse de pierre" - est un nom inventé par son père, né Gullstén, pour "finniser", comme beaucoup de Finlandais, un patronyme à consonance suédoise (à l'instar des personnes inspirée par le mouvement fennomane). Les circonstances de sa naissance et les premières années de sa vie ont fait dire à Paasilinna : "J'ai connu quatre états différents dans ma prime jeunesse. La fuite est devenue une constante dans mes récits, mais il y a quelque chose de positif dans la fuite, si avant il y a eu combat". Dès l'âge de tr...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Mika Waltari, Arto Paasilinna, Pentti Linkola, Spede Pasanen, Paavo Haavikko, Pentti Saarikoski, Kalle Päätalo, Kirsi Kunnas, Eino Leino, Sinikka Laine, Laila Hirvisaari, Risto Isomäki, Timo K. Mukka, Antti Puhakka, Antti Tuuri, Arto Salminen, Pentti Haanpää. Excerpt:Finnish national romantic poets Olli Kymäläinen, Pietari Makkonen and Antti Puhakka in Johan Knutson's aquarelle . Antti Puhakka (April 24, 1816 March 30, 1893) was a Finnish national romantic poet from Kontiolahti in Finnish Karelia . He was known for using Kalevala meter in his poems . Puhakka was illiterate until the age of 21, but after gaining the skill of writing he wrote nearly 20,000 lines of poetry . He later became a member of the Finnish Literature Society . Antti Puhakka was elected to the Diet of Finland four times after 1862, representing land-owning peasants , and became a popular politician in Finland . His most well-known poems are "Tuhman Jussin juttureissu" and "Surulaulu 1850 vuoden kiellosta." References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Antti Tuuri (2009) Antti Elias Tuuri (b. 1 October 1944, Kauhava , Southern Ostrobothnia ) is a Finnish writer, known for his works dealing with Southern Ostrobothnia . The Äitini-suku -series tells the stories of the Finns who emigrated to the United States . He got the The Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1985 for Pohjanmaa and the Finlandia Prize in 1997 for his novel Lakeuden kutsu . Tuuri has also translated some Icelandic sagas . Many of his novels have been made into films including Rukajärven tie also known as "Ambush" in English, about the Continuation War 1941-44 in Karelia, Russia and Talvisota , the Winter War 1939-1940. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Arto Paasil... ... Read more