Trojan War - Softcover

Evslin, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 059041626X ISBN 13: 9780590416269

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1988

Synopsis

Recounts the events leading up to the Trojan War and how the Greeks won the war through the subterfuge of the wooden horse.

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Review

“Ross Thomas is without peer in American suspense.” —Los Angeles Times   “What Elmore Leonard does for crime in the streets, Ross Thomas does for crime in the suites.” —The Village Voice   “Ross Thomas is that rare phenomenon, a writer of suspense whose novels can be read with pleasure more than once.” —Eric Ambler, author of The Mask of Dimitrios

About the Author

Bernard Evslin (1922-1993) was a bestselling and award-winning author known for his works on Greek and other cultural mythologies. The New York Times called him "one of the most widely published authors of classical mythology in the world." He was born in New Rochelle, New York, and attended Rutgers University. After several years working as a playwright, screenwriter, and documentary producer, he began publishing novels and short stories in the late 1960s. During his long career, Evslin published more than seventy books-over thirty of which were for young adults. His bestseller Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths has been translated into ten different languages and has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. He won the National Education Association Award in 1961, and in 1986 his book Hercules received the Washington Irving Children's Book Choice Award. Evslin died in Kauai, Hawaii, at the age of seventy-seven.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 059041626X
• ISBN 13: 9780590416269
• Binding: Paperback