Helen of Troy
The story of Helen of Troy and the war that ensued when she left her husband Menelaus in Sparta and fled to Troy with the Trojan prince Paris.
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Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta > Fiction. Greeks > Turkey > Fiction. Mythology, Greek > Fiction. Trojan War > Fiction. Troy (Extinct city) > Fiction. |
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- ISBN: 0670037788
- ISBN: 9780670037780
- Physical Description 611 pages : map
- Publisher New York : Viking Penguin, 2006.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 610-611). |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 36.50 |
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Helen of Troy
A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face Âlaunched a thousand ships Daughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquityÂs bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for millennia. Now Margaret George, the highly acclaimed bestselling historical novelist, has turned her intelligent, perceptive eye to the myth that is Helen of Troy.Margaret George breathes new life into the great Homeric tale by having Helen narrate her own story. Through her eyes and in her voice, we experience the young HelenÂs discovery of her divine origin and her terrifying beauty. While hardly more than a girl, Helen married the remote Spartan king Menelaus and bore him a daughter. By the age of twenty, the worldÂs most beautiful woman was resigned to a passionless marriageÂuntil she encountered the handsome Trojan prince Paris. And once the lovers flee to Troy, war, murder, and tragedy become inevitable.In Helen of Troy, Margaret George has captured a timeless legend in a mesmerizing tale of a woman whose life was destined to create strifeÂand destroy civilizations.