The seat of Tyre

The first romantic fresco on the fabulous epic poem of the Phoenicians.

Novel of Alexander Najjar
Editions Plon

:: History::
The philosopher Z non has never hidden his Phoenician origins. In Athens where he founded the school of sto ciens, he tells his adherent Apollonios the tragedy of his mother, Tyrienne was called Elissa. The young woman accompanies her uncle in a long journey which allows him to discover the Phoenician bars which punctuate the Mediterranean coast. In his return, Tyre, his home town, finds itself besieged by the army of Alexander the Great ambition of which is to annex all harbours of Ph nicie. Resistance gets organised. The Phoenicians refuse occupation, multiply stratagems to overcome their enemy and, for seven months, are going to fight with the energy of despair. They are not unaware that the future of their civilisation is in game Across the crossed stories of besieging it and with the besieging, Alexander Najjar, born in Beirut in 1967, offers us a double perspective of the seat of Tyre, at the same time as a metaphor of Lebanon, hurt country greedy for freedom.
sources: Plon