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The War at Troy
The War at Troy
Author: Lindsay Clarke
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780007152551
ISBN-10: 0007152558
Publication Date: 3/7/2005
Pages: 464
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3.4 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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If you're unfamiliar with the various stories surrounding the ancestors and players in The Trojan War, you might find this book a readable aggregator of the characters and myths. I ended up skimming most of it because I knew the myths and Clarke added nothing new to it. It seems the antithesis of Gemmell, who completely rewrote the War and well-known characters in a way that almost parodied itself. Clarke is very conservative and, IMO, unimaginative. Hoping to find something in the happy middle one of these days.


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