by Colleen Mc Cullough (Author)
The tragic and terrible drama of the war between Greeks and Trojans, the long siege of Troy and the impact of one woman's beauty on the fate of two nations, is played out again in this dazzling novel based on Homer's ILIAD. Meet enchanting Helen, who we first encounter as a spoiled teenager and whose passion for the handsome, reckless Paris leads to the betrayal of her husband, King Menelaus and the fall of the House of Troy. Powerful King Agamemnon with his terrifyingly ambitious wife Klytemnestra and his soothsaying mistress Kassandra. Odysseus, doomed to wander the Aegean for twenty long years; brave Achilles, who is haunted by the mad shade of his mother; the heroes Hektor and Ajax and many more.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: Open Market Ed
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Published: 03 Aug 1998
ISBN 10: 0752817051
ISBN 13: 9780752817057
Book Overview: The tale of the Trojan War brilliantly retold by the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds.