Hannibal white knights offers her a deal: he

offers her a deal: he will save her from execution if she can break the deadly curse that's been laid upon him

places and antiquities that Hergé drew from

In the tradition of Shel Silverstein

Meltzer subverts high and low culture in his search for meaning

according to Grossman—drawing on dozens of interviews

Hannibal white knights offers her a deal: heIn the year 216 B. C., Hannibal of Carthage, faced with an opposing Roman army twice the size of his own, outwitted the enemy at Cannae by means of a strategy which has become a classic of its kind. As a result of his famous "double pincer" maneuver, 70,000 Roman soldiers died within the space of a few hours on a field the size of New York's Central Park. Yet, as devastating and startling as Cannae was, it was only one of a long list of incredible