The Etruscan

First edition
(publ. WSOY, Helsinki, 1955)

The Etruscan (original title Turms, Kuolematon which translates to Turms, Immortal) is a novel by Mika Waltari, published in 1956, telling of the adventures of a young man, Turms, which begins approximately in 480 BC. It tells of the spiritual development of Turms, as he adventures from Greece to Sicily, then to Rome and then finally to Tuscany, where he learns of his immortality and his duties to the future. There are many actual historical events in this book, but how Turms gets involved in them is fictitious.

Works by Mika Waltari

Novels	Suuri illusioni A Stranger Came to the Farm From Father to Son The Egyptian The Adventurer A Nail Merchant at Nightfall The Wanderer The Dark Angel The Etruscan The Secret of the Kingdom The Roman

Miscellaneous	Ihmeellinen Joosef Komisario Palmu

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