La iintsomi zembali ekhetheke ngakumbi ngamaxesha athile, inengxaki eyodwa kubabali abaphonononga kwezo setingi zithile. Amatyala afana nalawo e URobert Graves, Waltari o USantiago Posteguillo.
Ikamva lehlabathi lethu linokwenza impucuko yomhla ibe yeyona nto iphambili kuyo yonke into. Kuba kwi-hodgepodge yangoku, ekudityanisweni kwehlabathi lethu, sihlala sifumana ama-nuances athile avela kwiintsuku zozuko lwenkcubeko nganye.
Kwezo zihambo UNicholas Guild, kunye nokuphumla kwakhe kokuyila ukusukela kwiminyaka yamashumi asibhozo ekude apho waqala khona Ken Follett, kunye namayelenqe asecaleni kwimbali kodwa ethanda ukuthandabuza ngakumbi. Emva koko sele efumene kwihlabathi lakudala kunye nakuMbindi Mpuma umnqamlezo wakhe wokunyibilikisa amacebo akhe amakhulu.
Ityala le-Guild, mhlawumbi ngenxa yoku kungahambi kakuhle kupapasho lwayo, inokuba lolona mbhali uthengisa kakhulu olityelweyo kwaye waphinda wachacha njengoGuadiana, engazange amkelwe ngokwaneleyo. Umbhali osoloko emangalisa, kodwa wohlwaywa ngokuyinxenye ngokunikezelwa kowona mbhalo wenyani, ochaza umsebenzi omtsha xa umntu eqinisekile ukuba uxelele into enomdla, ngaphandle koxinzelelo olongezelelweyo.
Ifunyenwe ngenxa yabafundi baseSpain, imisebenzi yakhe yokuqala iphinde yakhutshwa ngempumelelo enkulu.
IiNoveli ezi-3 ezicetyiswayo zikaNicholas Guild
Ikrele laseSpartan
Isiqingatha sokuqala senkulungwane yesi-XNUMX BC. C.
Ngobunye ubusuku obubandayo ngaphandle kwelali ezolileyo yaseHelot, abazalwana ababini abaselula baseSpartan, uÉurito noTeleclo, bathe nca belinde ukwenza iKrypteia yabo, isithethe samandulo sokudlulela egazini. Intsapho—utata, umama nonyana—iyasondela; abaxhobanga kwaye abanako ukuzikhusela… Abemi baseSparta baphuma baye ekukhanyeni kwenyanga baze bagqibezele isiko ngokubulala umtshato. Kodwa unyana, uProtos, uyakwazi ukubaleka kuqala aze agqibezele iTeleclo kamva.
Ngokukhawuleza i-Sparta ithumela iqela lamajoni ukuba agqibezele inkwenkwe. Kodwa lo, ogama lakhe lithetha “lowo umiselwe kwangaphambili,” nonobuchule obungaqhelekanga nobuchule bezixhobo, uyaliphelisa elo qela.
Ukunxanelwa impindezelo kukaProtos akupheli kwesi siqendu, intliziyo yakhe ayisalwazi uvelwano. Abantu baseSparta baye babacinezela abantu babo kangangeenkulungwane, yaye bafuna ukuphelisa igunya labo. Ukwenza oku, waya eThebes, apho wadibana khona noNjengele Epaminondas, owayefuna nesixeko sakhe sizikhulule kwidyokhwe yaseSpartan.
Njengoko iProtos ikhula ibe ngumntu omdala, uqala ukuqonda ukuba imfazwe yakhe yobuqu ngokuchasene nababulali babazali bakhe ikwangumlo wenkululeko.
OwaseMakedoni
Ngenkulungwane yesi-XNUMX BC IMakedoni ijongene nexesha elinzima, elidlakazwe yimizabalazo yangaphakathi kusapho lwasebukhosini kwaye ixhatshazwa zizikumkani zemida yemfazwe. UPhilip, unyana wesithathu kaKumkani uAmyntas kwaye okwishumi elivisayo nje, uthunyelwa njengebanjwa eThebes, apho aya kufumana imfundo yasemkhosini kwinjengele enkulu uEpaminondas.
Ekubuyeni kwakhe, uya kutyhila ngokukhawuleza izakhono zakhe zobunkokeli kunye nobuntu obunzima. Kwaye nangona kwakungabhalwanga ukuba uya kulawula, ukuguquka okungalindelekanga kwekamva kuya kumenza athabathe amandla, aguqule ilizwe lakhe libe ligunya lehlabathi lamaGrike kwaye avule indlela yobukumkani obukhulu obuya kudalwa ngunyana wakhe uAlexander.
UmAsiriya
Ngenkulungwane yesi-XNUMX BC C. Tiglath Assur noAsarhaddon, abazalwana bomtshato wesibini, abahlobo abasemagqabini noonyana bokumkani waseAsiriya, babelana ngamaphupha neemfihlelo, nangona besazi ukuba baqalisa kude lee kumgca wokulandelelana kwesithsaba. Kodwa emva kokumiselwa kwendlalifa etroneni, isibetho sokuzibulala nokubulala, esiqhubela iAsiriya kumngcipheko wemfazwe yamakhaya njengoko izizwe ezingamabharha zihlasela ilizwe, ivula indlela.
La ngamaxesha amanyumnyezi apho kwenzeka khona ukungcatshwa nokubulalana kwabantu abaninzi, yaye abaninzi bawabona etshabalele amaphupha abo. Njengoko kuxelwe kwangaphambili, umzala wakhe, inkosazana ethandekayo uAsharhamat, uya kutshata nokumkani omtsha. Iinkanuko zingqubana nezopolitiko kwaye abazalwana bajongana. Emva kokuwa kweBhabhiloni kuza kuvela iNineve, kwaye aba bazalwana babini kuya kufuneka bacinge ukukhetha phakathi kwentando yoothixo kunye neminqweno yabo, eya kutshintsha isiphelo sobukhosi.
