The Songs of the Kings

The Songs of the Kings

by Barry Unsworth (Author)

Synopsis

Barry Unsworth's new novel stands the world on its head as a cast of Homeric characters find their high-sounding principles clashing with private motives...The Trojan War is about to break out, and Agamemnon will do anything to enable the Greek fleet to set sail with the wind behind him. Even the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigeneia is not too much to ask. This, however, is a very modern cast of Homeric characters, and throwing off the heroic values we expect of them, they have embraced the political ethos of the twenty-first century and speak in words we recognise as our own.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 05 Sep 2002

ISBN 10: 0241137012
ISBN 13: 9780241137017

Author Bio
Barry Unsworth is the author of many novels, including SACRED HUNGER which was joint-winner of the 1992 Booker Prize. He lives in Italy.