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The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War

The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War

by Caroline Alexander (Author)

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 320
 Edition: First ediiton
 Publisher: Viking Books
Published: 15 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 0670021121
ISBN 13: 9780670021123

Media Reviews
In her spectacular and constantly surprising new book, Caroline Alexander has taken the 'original' war book and turned it upside down, making it, as all wars are, an excruciating story of loss... The War that Killed Achilles is a triumph.
-Ken Burns
This riveting tale of ancient wars, legendary warriors, and mythical gods is at once a great adventure story and a cautionary tale of the enduring perils of hubris and ego. Achilles' life and death are instructive lessons for all of us today.
-Tom Brokaw
Spirited and provocative...a nobly bold even rousing venture...it would be hard to find a faster, livelier, more compact introduction to such a great range of recent Iliadic explorations.
-Steve Coates, The New York Times
Penetrating...reflecting her own skills [Alexander] provides her own translation of an entire chapter...a real bonus for the reader, comparing favorably with Lattimore and Fagles.
- Boston Globe
Author Bio
Caroline Alexander has written for The New Yorker, Granta, Conde Nast Traveler, Smithsonian, Outside, and National Geographic and is the author of four previous books.