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The Siege of Troy

Author : Theodor Kallifatides
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590519728
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Troy written by Theodor Kallifatides and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the terrors of Nazi occupation. Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war—when the Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet—army against army, man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with King Menelaus of Sparta's wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight. When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that, whatever happens, she will be losing. Theodor Kallifatides provides remarkable psychological insight in his version of The Iliad, downplaying the role of the gods and delving into the mindsets of its mortal heroes. Homer's epic comes to life with a renewed urgency that allows us to experience events as though firsthand, and reveals timeless truths about the senselessness of war and what it means to be human.

Troy

Author : Adele Geras
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1444922084
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book Troy written by Adele Geras and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is scarce and death is common. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war. Aided by Eros's bow, the goddess sends two sisters down a bloody path to an awful truth: In the fury of war, love strikes the deadliest blows. Heralded by fans and critics alike, Adèle Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humour into this classic story.

Troy

Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Michael Joseph
ISBN 13 : 9781405944465
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book Troy written by Stephen Fry and published by Michael Joseph. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies. In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today.

Traditional Witchcraft

Author : Gemma Gary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780738765716
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Witchcraft written by Gemma Gary and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gemma Gary explores modern approaches to ancient practices of witches, charmers, and conjurers of the 18th and 19th centuries. The practices described within this book are rooted in the traditional witchcraft of multiple British streams, making its charms and spells adaptable for practitioners in any land. Topics include fairy faith, the underworld, the Bucca, places of power, magical tools, and more.

Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow

Author : David Gemmell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345494571
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow written by David Gemmell and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, David Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, of honor and treachery, of love won and lost. He is a man of many names. Some call him the Golden One; others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. To the Dardanians, he is Prince Aeneas. But to his friends, he is Helikaon. Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies, feared even by his Trojan allies. For there is a darkness at the heart of the Golden One, a savagery that, once awakened, can be appeased only with blood. Argurios the Mykene is a peerless fighter, a man of unbending principles and unbreakable will. Like all of the Mykene warriors, he lives to conquer and to kill. Dispatched by King Agamemnon to scout the defenses of the golden city of Troy, he is Helikaon’s sworn enemy. Andromache is a priestess of Thera betrothed against her will to Hektor, prince of Troy. Scornful of tradition, skilled in the arts of war, and passionate in the ways of her order, Andromache vows to love whom she pleases and to live as she desires. Now fate is about to thrust these three together–and, from the sparks of passionate love and hate, ignite a fire that will engulf the world.

Helen of Troy

Author : Margaret George
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101218797
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Helen of Troy written by Margaret George and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.

Troy Book

Author : John Lydgate
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Troy Book written by John Lydgate and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To introduce John Lydgate's landmark poem the Troy Book to students and non-specialist readers, the editor has selected the essential passages from the poem and bridges any gaps with textual summaries. Also included are an introduction, gloss, notes, and a glossary. John Lydgate, a monk of the great Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, began composing the poem, an ambitious attempt at recounting the Trojan War in Middle English, in October 1412 on commission from Henry, Prince of Wales (later King Henry V), and completed it in 1420. The poem is an interesting study for those interested in medieval approaches to classical sources, as well as for its often contradictory and complicated take on contemporary chivalry.

Troy

Author : Stephen Fry
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797208209
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Troy written by Stephen Fry and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story of the epic battle retold by Fry with drama, humor, and vivid emotion. Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, Helen, their lovers, and their mortal enemies all burn bright in Fry's compelling prose. Illustrated throughout with classical art inspired by the myths, this gorgeous volume invites you to explore a captivating world with a brilliant storyteller as your guide. • BELOVED AUTHOR: Stephen Fry is an icon whose signature wit and mellifluous style makes this retelling utterly unique. Fans will love hearing his interpretation, whether they are familiar with the original Greek myths or not. • TIMELESS STORIES: For fans of Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, Madeline Miller's Circe or Song of Achilles, or Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls, this is the perfect next great read. These ancient tales never get old. • STUNNING SERIES CONCLUSION: Mythos and Heroes, the first two installments in the trilogy, were international bestsellers. Now fans can read the thrilling third book. • GORGEOUS GIFT: With a vibrant contemporary design, full-color artwork throughout, and shimmering metallic highlights on the jacket, this book makes a superb present.

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Author : John Erskine
Publisher : Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company [c1925]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Private Life of Helen of Troy written by John Erskine and published by Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company [c1925]. This book was released on 1925 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Women of Troy

Author : Pat Barker
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 038554670X
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Women of Troy written by Pat Barker and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy and “one of contemporary literature’s most thoughtful and compelling writers" (The Washington Post). Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war—including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean. It does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam lies unburied and desecrated, and so the victors remain in suspension, camped in the shadows of the city they destroyed as the coalition that held them together begins to unravel. Old feuds resurface and new suspicions and rivalries begin to fester. Largely unnoticed by her captors, the one time Trojan queen Briseis, formerly Achilles's slave, now belonging to his companion Alcimus, quietly takes in these developments. She forges alliances when she can, with Priam's aged wife the defiant Hecuba and with the disgraced soothsayer Calchas, all the while shrewdly seeking her path to revenge.

Lydgate's Troy Book. A.D. 1412-20

Author : John Lydgate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Lydgate's Troy Book. A.D. 1412-20 written by John Lydgate and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Troy Story

Author : Edward Hassall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907652097
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Troy Story written by Edward Hassall and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in fast-paced, easy-reading rhyming verse, Troy Story retells Homer's epic tale of mighty heroes, meddling gods and bloody battles. Troy Story is highly recommended for readers of upper primary and secondary school age (US Grades 5-12), and can either be enjoyed purely for its own sake or used as an accessible and engaging introduction to a study of The Iliad in greater depth. Teachers wishing to inspire students about Homer will find the text an invaluable resource, while the general reader will also enjoy this fresh, unique and hugely entertaining version of the story of the Trojan War.

Troy

Author : Ben Hubbard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782745907
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Troy written by Ben Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gold of Troy

Author : Robert Payne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book The Gold of Troy written by Robert Payne and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The War at Troy

Author : Quintas of Quintas of Smryna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806148168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The War at Troy written by Quintas of Quintas of Smryna and published by . This book was released on 1968-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quintus' epic, written probably in the third century after Christ, is the only extant literary work from antiquity that gives a connected account of the events of the Trojan War. It tells what happened to Achilles and to Troy, and of the fatal enterprises of the Queen of the Amazons and the King of Ethiopia, the funeral games held in honor of Achilles, the victory of Odysseus in his contest with Aias, the death of Paris, the strategy of the wooden horse, and the capture and sack of Troy.

Troy

Author : Nick McCarty
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781404213654
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Troy written by Nick McCarty and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2008-01-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the efforts of Heinrich Schliemann, a nineteenth-century businessman, to identify a site in modern Turkey as the ancient city of Troy, and parallels his discovery with a narrative of the main events of the Trojan War in the poems of Homer.

Fantasies of Troy

Author : Alan Shepard
Publisher : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780772720252
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Fantasies of Troy written by Alan Shepard and published by Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For medieval and early modern Europeans, contemporary culture was often refracted through the legend of Troy, arguably the most important set of stories outside the Bible for centuries of western European history. These stories were transmitted in dozens of competing versions, and contemporary local events were habitually understood in the context of a pagan legend whose origins were remote and whose mandate was ambiguous. The fifteen essays in this volume offer compelling new treatments of these now-evaporated fantasies of Troy, which were central to the European social imaginary. The essays consider texts and performances of Troy across a wide generic range, from learned court poetry to burlesque, from treatises on linguistic history to public spectacles.