The Song of Troy
As urgent and passionate as if told for the first time, the narrative is passed from one character to another: Priam, King of Troy, doomed to make the wrong decisions for the right reasons; the Greek princess Helen, a self-indulgent beauty who deserts her boring husband for the sake of an equally self-indulgent beauty, the Trojan prince Paris; the haunted fighting machine, Achilles; the heroically noble hektor; the subtle and brilliant Odysseus; Agmemnon, King of Kings, who consents to the unspeakable in order to launch his thousand ships, and thus incurs the enmity of his terrifying wife, Klytemnestra. But where does human folly end? And where does the pitiless retribution of the Gods begin? The characters dazzle, swinging our sympathies from Greece to Troy and back again as each of them moves inexorably towards a fate even the Gods cannot avert.
Colleen McCullough's compelling, fascinating, novel shows readers of every generation the unforgettable power of a story that lies deep at the heart of Western culture, and still resonates today.
As urgent and passionate as if told for the first time, the narrative is passed from one character to another: Priam, King of Troy, doomed to make the wrong decisions for the right reasons; the Greek princess Helen, a self-indulgent beauty who deserts her boring husband for the sake of an equally self-indulgent beauty, the Trojan prince Paris; the haunted fighting machine, Achilles; the heroically noble hektor; the subtle and brilliant Odysseus; Agmemnon, King of Kings, who consents to the unspeakable in order to launch his thousand ships, and thus incurs the enmity of his terrifying wife, Klytemnestra. But where does human folly end? And where does the pitiless retribution of the Gods begin? The characters dazzle, swinging our sympathies from Greece to Troy and back again as each of them moves inexorably towards a fate even the Gods cannot avert.
Colleen McCullough's compelling, fascinating, novel shows readers of every generation the unforgettable power of a story that lies deep at the heart of Western culture, and still resonates today.
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Hardback Editions
August 1999 : Hardback
 | Title: Song of Troy Author(s): Colleen McCullough ISBN: 0-7531-6040-4 / 978-0-7531-6040-4 (UK edition) Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1998 : Hardback
 | Title: The Song Of Troy Author(s): Colleen Mccullough ISBN: 0-7528-1413-3 / 978-0-7528-1413-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Orion Childrens Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 1999 : Paperback
 | Title: The Song of Troy Author(s): Colleen Mccullough ISBN: 0-7528-1763-9 / 978-0-7528-1763-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Orion Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1998 : Paperback
 | Title: Song of Troy Author(s): Colleen McCullough ISBN: 0-7528-1705-1 / 978-0-7528-1705-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
May 1999 : Audio Cassette
 | Title: The Song of Troy: Complete & Unabridged Author(s): Colleen McCullough ISBN: 0-7531-0587-X / 978-0-7531-0587-0 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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