Pride of Carthage

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Durham, David Anthony, 1969–

Pride of Carthage : a novel of Hannibal / David Anthony Durham.

p. cm.

1. Punic War, 2nd, 218–201 B.C.—Fiction. 2. Hannibal, 247–182 B.C.—Fiction. 3. Carthage (Extinct city)—Fiction. 4. Generals— Fiction. I. Title

PS3554.U677P75 2005

813'.6—dc22

2004045532

Copyright © 2005 by David Anthony Durham

All Rights Reserved

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