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The War at Troy (Paperback, New ed)
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The War at Troy (Paperback, New ed)
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Vigorous new life is breathed into the myth's of Homer's Iliad in
Lindsay Clarke's new dramatic retelling of the wars fought for the
Bronze Age City of Troy. Paris and Helen, Agamemnon and
Clytaemnestra, Achilles, Odysseus and Hector are skilfully
rejuvenated in this startlingly contemporary drama of the passions.
"The people who lived in those days were closer to gods than we
are, and great deeds and marvels were commoner then, which is why
the stories we have from them are nobler and richer than our own.
So that those stories should not pass from the earth, I have
decided to set down everything I know of the stories of the war at
Troy - of the way it began, of the way it was fought, and of the
way in which it was ended." With these words, Phemius the bard of
Ithaca and friend to Odysseus, opens Lindsay Clarke's compelling
new retelling of the myths and legends that grew up around the war
that was fought for the Bronze Age city of Troy and have magnetized
the imagination of the world ever since. Here are the tales of two
powerful generations of men and women, living out their destinies
in the timeless zone where myth and history intersect and where the
conflicts of the human heart are mirrored by quarrels among
immortal gods. Peleus and Thetis, Paris and Helen, Agamemnon and
Clytaemnestra, Achilles, Odysseus and Hector - all are given
vigorous new life in a version of their stories which remains
faithful to the mythic form in which they first appeared yet
engages the reader in a startlingly contemporary drama of the
passions. THE WAR AT TROY speaks to a world still racked by violent
conflict in ways which address important aspects of our own
experience while at the same time providing imaginative access to
the rich store of mythology which is our heritage from the ancient
world.
General
Imprint: |
HarperCollinsPublishers
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2005 |
Authors: |
Lindsay Clarke
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Dimensions: |
197 x 130 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
452 |
Edition: |
New ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-715255-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Myth & legend told as fiction
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LSN: |
0-00-715255-8 |
Barcode: |
9780007152551 |
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