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Helen of Troy - Margaret George, 9780143038993, paperback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- George, Margaret
- ISBN
- 0143038990
- Book Title
- Helen of Troy
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- War & Military, Biographical, Historical
- Item Weight
- 20.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 672 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143038990
ISBN-13
9780143038993
eBay Product ID (ePID)
127364495
Product Key Features
Book Title
Helen of Troy
Number of Pages
672 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
War & Military, Biographical, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
An impressive feat of research and imagination. It's no mean trick to resurrect not only ancient Attic politics and lifestyles, but the atmosphere of a time in which the gods truly spoke. (Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander), A feast . . . George leaves us with the most coveted prize of fiction: a world . . . we wished existed, and that thoroughly does between the covers. ( Chicago Tribune ), An impressive feat of research and imagination. It’s no mean trick to resurrect not only ancient Attic politics and lifestyles, but the atmosphere of a time in which the gods truly spoke. (Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander), What Ms. George has created with this book is a great summer read: realistic characters, engaging plots and enough mythology and Homer to make it all interesting. ("The Dallas Morning News"), A feast . . . George leaves us with the most coveted prize of fiction: a world . . . we wished existed, and that thoroughly does between the covers. (Chicago Tribune), What Ms. George has created with this book is a great summer read: realistic characters, engaging plots and enough mythology and Homer to make it all interesting. ( The Dallas Morning News ), An impressive feat of research and imagination. Its no mean trick to resurrect not only ancient Attic politics and lifestyles, but the atmosphere of a time in which the gods truly spoke. (Diana Gabaldon, author of "Outlander"), [George] is a powerful writer. ("The Washington Post") Margaret George proves herself to be the very best when it comes to historical fiction... She dazzles us. (Barbara Taylor Bradford), A feast . . . George leaves us with the most coveted prize of fiction: a world . . . we wished existed, and that thoroughly does between the covers. ("Chicago Tribune"), An impressive feat of research and imagination. It's no mean trick to resurrect not only ancient Attic politics and lifestyles, but the atmosphere of a time in which the gods truly spoke. (Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander ), Delicious. ( People ) An impressive feat of research and imagination. ItÆs no mean trick to resurrect not only ancient Attic politics and lifestyles, but the atmosphere of a time in which the gods truly spoke. (Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander ) A feast . . . George leaves us with the most coveted prize of fiction: a world . . . we wished existed, and that thoroughly does between the covers. ( Chicago Tribune ) Fresh and vivid. ( The Washington Post ) What Ms. George has created with this book is a great summer read: realistic characters, engaging plots and enough mythology and Homer to make it all interesting. ( The Dallas Morning News ), What Ms. George has created with this book is a great summer read: realistic characters, engaging plots and enough mythology and Homer to make it all interesting. (The Dallas Morning News)
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
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., The "New York Times" bestsellerfrom Margaret George, author of "Mary, Called Magdalene" With her amazing ability to summon the voices of historical characters, Margaret George in "Helen of Troy" tells the story of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, this is a beautifully told story of a legendary woman and her times. An exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible charactersOdysseus, Hector, Achilles, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselvesand a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, "Helen of Troy" brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced., From the bestselling author of "Autobiography of Henry VIII, Memoirs of Cleopatra," and "Mary, Called Magdalene," comes a lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face "launched a thousand ships," the mythic woman who was Helen of Troy.
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