Troy
Fry, Stephen, 1957-2020
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The story of Troy speaks to all of us. It is the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, which sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against that great city, to which they will lay siege for ten whole and very bloody years. It is Zeus, the king of the gods, who triggers war when he asks the Trojan prince Paris to judge the fairest goddess of them all. Aphrodite bribes Paris with the heart of Helen, wife of King Menelaus of the Greeks, and nature takes its course. It is a terrible, brutal war with casualties on all sides. The Greeks cannot defeat the Trojans - since Achilles, the Greek's boldest warrior, is consumed with jealousy over an ally's choice of lover and will not fight . . .The stage is set for the oldest and greatest story ever told, where monstrous passions meet the highest ideals and the lowest cunning. In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today. Troy is a myth in which we seek the truth about ourselves, which Stephen Fry brings breathtakingly to life for our modern age.
Main title:
Troy / Stephen Fry.
Author:
Imprint:
UK : Michael Joseph, 2020.
Collation:
v, 413 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.Illustration on lining paper.
ISBN:
9780241424582 (hbk)9781405944489 (ePub ebook)
Language:
English
Subject:
Troy (Extinct city) -- LegendsCustoms and FolkloreMyth & legend told as fictionPoetryAncient Greek religion & mythologyFolklore, myths & legendsMonsters & legendary beingsMysticism, magic & occult interestsAncient GreeceGreeceBCE period - ProtohistoryAncient, classical & medieval textsClassic & pre-20th century poetryLiterature: history & criticismFantasyHistorical romanceAncient historyEuropean historyEuropean history: the RomansAncient WorldAncient Rome
BRN:
1165402