In Hannibal, Ross Leckie brings to life the colossal struggle of the Punic wars and the Carthaginian general who routed the great Roman armies of his time. In a narrative of breathtaking scope and energy, Leckie's portrait of Hannibal is both dramatic and scrupulously imagined. A chronicle of tragedy, of passion, heroism and cruelty, Hannibal is an epic recasting of the tale of one of history's greatest adventurers, recounted by a master storyteller.

Author Biography

ROSS LECKIE is the author of the trilogy of historical novels Hannibal, Scipio and Carthage. His latest novel is Aristotle's Alchemy, which will be published by Little, Brown in February 2005. He lives in Edinburgh.