{"product_id":"165214124_product","title":"Hazel Marshall - Orestes : and the Lifting of the Family Curse - Paper","description":"New Store Stock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this Item\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe item is a book Paperback\u003cbr\u003eThe Author Name is Hazel Marshall\u003cbr\u003eThe Title is Orestes : and the Lifting of the Family Curse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther Comments\u003cbr\u003eNew Store Stock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduct Description -\u003cbr\u003eIdeas can change the world and Hazel Marshall’s new book is about just such an idea. Our hero is bound by honour and family tradition to avenge a past wrong, for this is a tale of vendetta. Long-lasting family feuds are not rare  in his play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare wrote of such a case and, as so often, things did not work out well.\r\n\r\n Vendettas can also sour relations between tribes and between nations  we need only recall the long-standing confl icts all over the world: ‘past wrongs cannot be forgiven andmust never be forgotten’.   Vendettas are about revenge and retribution — the situation young Orestes found himself in. Family honour obliged him to avenge his father’s death but in doing so, he laid himself open to retribution for his action.\r\n\r\n He was in a desperate situation, one without any prospect of a happy ending — that is, until the gods themselves stepped in. The goddess Pallas Athene had a brilliant idea.   She solved Orestes’ diffi culties by fi nding another way for honour to be satisfied  she set up a Court of Justice.\r\n\r\n Invoking the sense of justice we all carry deep within our hearts, she chose twelve good men and true to hear the evidence presented byboth sides, and to weigh that evidence in their hearts. Which case best appealed to their sense of justice?Until I read the drafts of Hazel’s book, I hadn’t realised just how much we owe to those wise, ancient Greeks. You may find similar gems in this fascinating retelling of a little-known Greek Drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBooks are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions.  The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGift Ideas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is a great gift idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHours of Service\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eLocation ID 245z\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiHaveit SKU ID 174215743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Archive Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title \/ unisex","offer_id":45740203606260,"sku":"174215743","price":18.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ihaveitmarketplace.com\/products\/165214124_product","provider":"iHaveit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}