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The War at Troy

By Lindsay Clarke

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| Hardcover | 9780312336578

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The War at Troy breathes vigorous new life into the myths of Homer's Illiad, skillfully rejuvenating Paris and Helen, Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, Achilles, Odysseus and Hector in this startingly contemporary drama of the passions. Here two powerful generations of men and women live ouContinue

The War at Troy breathes vigorous new life into the myths of Homer's Illiad, skillfully rejuvenating Paris and Helen, Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, Achilles, Odysseus and Hector in this startingly contemporary drama of the passions. Here two powerful generations of men and women live out their destinies in the timeless zone where myth and history intersect, and where quarrels among immortal gods mirror the conflicts of the human heart. This imaginative retelling will surely benefit from the renewed interest in this classic tale (the movie "Troy" starring Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom lands in May 2004).

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  • In the lapdance of the gods

    The War at Troy by Lindsay Clarke 400pp, HarperCollins, £17.99 One way of explaining the Trojan war is to blame it on adultery. There would have been no war if the Trojan prince Paris had kept his hands to himself when he was staying with King Menela ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Helen of Troy meets Hello!

    The War at Troy by Lindsay Clarke HarperCollins £17.99, pp450 Here, bouncing back and forth across the millennia, comes the book of the film of the book. Lindsay Clarke, fascinated as always by the making of myths, now ventures into the richest terri ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 464 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0312336578
  • ISBN-13: 9780312336578
  • Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Pub date: Sep 01, 2004
  • Also available as: Paperback
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