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''The Sand-Reckoner'' by Gillian Bradshaw is a [[Historical Fiction]] novel focusing on Archimedes as a young man during the First Punic War. Returning to his hometown of Syracuse when it goes to war with Rome, Archimedes offers himself up to the city's tyrant as a military engineer. |
''The Sand-Reckoner'' by Gillian Bradshaw is a [[Historical Fiction]] novel focusing on Archimedes as a young man during the First Punic War. Returning to his hometown of Syracuse when it goes to war with Rome, Archimedes offers himself up to the city's tyrant as a military engineer. |
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* [[Actual Pacifist]]: At the end of the book, Archimedes has become one, having seen firsthand and been disgusted by what his war engines do to people. |
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: At the end of the book, Archimedes has become one, having seen firsthand and been disgusted by what his war engines do to people. |
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: Hieron, the tyrant of Syracuse. |
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Hieron, the tyrant of Syracuse. |
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