Helen of Troy - Hardcover

George, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670037788 ISBN 13: 9780670037780

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2006

Synopsis

A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face ?launched a thousand ships? Daughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquity's bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for millennia. Now Margaret George, the highly acclaimed bestselling historical novelist, has turned her intelligent, perceptive eye to the myth that is Helen of Troy. Margaret George breathes new life into the great Homeric tale by having Helen narrate her own story. Through her eyes and in her voice, we experience the young Helen's discovery of her divine origin and her terrifying beauty. While hardly more than a girl, Helen married the remote Spartan king Menelaus and bore him a daughter. By the age of twenty, the world's most beautiful woman was resigned to a passionless marriage?until she encountered the handsome Trojan prince Paris. And once the lovers flee to Troy, war, murder, and tragedy become inevitable. In Helen of Troy , Margaret George...

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Review:

[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)

Fresh and vivid. ("The Washington Post")

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")

Delicious. ("People")

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. ItAEs 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")
Delicious. ("People")
An impressive feat of research and imagination. ItAEs 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")"

Delicious. "People"
The face that launched a thousand ships has sparked a scintillating historical novel. "Chicago Tribune"
MORE PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF MARGARET GEORGE
An evocative portrait. "The New York Times"
If only history lessons had been like this. "Cosmopolitan"
Engaging and intelligent fiction. "Kirkus Reviews"
Readers looking to be transported to another place and time will find their magic carpet here. "Publishers Weekly"(starred review)
Extensively researched with the highest integrity, and deeply engaging, it sets a new benchmark for the genre. "New York Times"bestselling author Alison Weir
An impressive feat of research and imagination. #1"New York Times"bestselling author Diana Gabaldon"

Delicious. People
The face that launched a thousand ships has sparked a scintillating historical novel. Chicago Tribune
MORE PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF MARGARET GEORGE
An evocative portrait. The New York Times
If only history lessons had been like this. Cosmopolitan
Engaging and intelligent fiction. Kirkus Reviews
Readers looking to be transported to another place and time will find their magic carpet here. Publishers Weekly(starred review)
Extensively researched with the highest integrity, and deeply engaging, it sets a new benchmark for the genre. New York Timesbestselling author Alison Weir
An impressive feat of research and imagination. #1New York Timesbestselling author Diana Gabaldon"

Book Description:

Daughter of a god. Wife of a king. Prize of antiquity’s bloodiest war

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670037788
• ISBN 13: 9780670037780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 611