Ariadne's Children

by Roderick Beaton

An obsession with his excavation at Ano Meri, an ancient Cretan palace, and problems that destroy the dig's international reputation drive a wedge between archaeologist Lionel Richardson and his family

Genres: Fiction

371 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 1996

About the author

Roderick Macleod Beaton, FBA, FKC (born 1951) is a retired academic. He was Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College London from 1988 to 2018.

Reviews

[Elaine Cougler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ariadne's Children by Rod Beaton has many good moments in a story set over three generations of a family of archeologists. It takes place in the times before the Second World War and after, right up to the present. Beaton does a fine job of stringing out the details so that there is lots to lead the reader forward. At time the pace gets slow but, generally, this is a good read.

[Rissi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this: archeology, ancient history, three generations of one family "set against seventy years of political turmoil in Europe.