The Plato Papers (14 page)
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So Plato left the city and was never seen again. There are many who say that he travelled to other cities, where he continued his orations. Some are convinced that there was indeed a cave beneath the earth and that Plato returned there unknown and unseen by the people of Mouldwarp. Sidonia and Ornatus believe that he simply entered another dream.
Peter Ackroyd
THE PLATO PAPERS
Peter Ackroyd is the award-winning author of the national bestseller
The Life of Thomas More
. His biographies—including T. S. Eliot, Dickens, and Blake—are as prized as his novels, which include
Chatterton, Hawksmoor,
and, most recently,
The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
and
Milton in America
. He lives in London.
ALSO BY PETER ACKROYD
FICTION
The Great Fire of London
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde
Hawksmoor
Chatterton
First Light
English Music
The House of Doctor Dee
The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
Milton in America
BIOGRAPHY
T. S. Eliot
Dickens
Blake
The Life of Thomas More
POETRY
The Diversions of Purley
CRITICISM
Notes for a New Culture
FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, MARCH 2001
Copyright © 1999 by Peter Ackroyd
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All of the characters is this book are fictitious, and any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the Nan A. Talese
edition as follows:
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949–
The Plato papers: a prophesy / Peter Ackroyd.
—1st ed. in the U.S.A.
p. cm.
I. Title.
PR6051. C64P58 2000
823’.914—dc21 99-16573
CIP
eISBN: 978-0-307-42920-9
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