Book description
>Kallisto is determined to get the horses back for her city,
including her beloved Swan. She bravely approaches the Chinese general
and challenges his best horseman to a duel of horsemanship and skill -
if she wins, she will get Swan back. Kallisto loses (she is only 13!)
but the general is so impressed by her audacity and bravery that he
gives her Swan anyway, on condition that she sends him a foal every year.
Set in Ferghana, Central Asia, in 102 BC, this is a thrilling tale that
weaves in real events. The Chinese did invade and besiege towns to
acquire the famed and beautiful Akhal-Teke horses - which led eventually
to horses being traded for silk and the Silk Route being formed.
A fascinating taste of another culture and another time, couched in a
richly descriptive and very pacy narrative.> >Kallisto is
determined to get the horses back for her city, including her beloved
Swan. She bravely approaches the Chinese general and challenges his best
horseman to a duel of horsemanship and skill - if she wins, she will get
Swan back. Kallisto loses (she is only 13!) but the general is so
impressed by her audacity and bravery that he gives her Swan anyway, on
condition that she sends him a foal every year.
Set in Ferghana, Central Asia, in 102 BC, this is a thrilling tale that
weaves in real events. The Chinese did invade and besiege towns to
acquire the famed and beautiful Akhal-Teke horses - which led eventually
to horses being traded for silk and the Silk Route being formed.
A fascinating taste of another culture and another time, couched in a
richly descriptive and very pacy narrative.>
