# Creation

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- Authors: [Gore Vidal](https://www.bookquiver.com/gore-vidal)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1993-09-23

## Description

Vidal's historical novel set in the 5th century BC and narrated by Cyrus Spitama, son of a Persian prince and Greek sorceress, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, and ambassador to the courts of India, China and Greece. Pericles, Thucydides, Sophocles and Confucius are among the book's characters.

## Editions

### Creation

- Publisher: abacus
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-4914-825-0
- Published: 2026-03-05
- Language: en_GB

### Creation

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-7572-705-4
- Pages: 592
- Published: 2002-08-27
- Language: en_US

### Creation

- Publisher: abacus
- ISBN: 978-03-4910-475-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1993-09-23
- Language: en_GB