"I was there, too! At Crete, in the times of the Minoans"
author: Georgia Tarsouli
translation: Theodoros Blitsas
“I was there, too!” was a series of books published in Greece, during the 1960’s and 1970’s, targeted at the youth public of those days. The author was Georgia Tarsouli, a renowned Greek writer.
The stories involved the adventures of Alex, the main hero of the series, who because of experiments of his uncle, an archaeologist and radiocarbon dating expert, was able to transport himself to the past, through important historical periods. Following Alex’s adventures, the young readers were exposed to information about historical persons and deeds.
In this book, Alex finds himself transported at Knossos, at the height of the Minoan civilization.
