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PART ONE OF THE TROY QUARTETBringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there.When the mortal Paris settles a contest between the gods, he is promised the love of Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world.But Helen is already married, to the powerful Menelaus of Sparta, and the kings of many cities have sworn to defend their union. Paris's divine gift threatens to set his world aflame.An engaging retelling of the whole story, neatly blending mythic archaism with modern psychodrama and satire'Mary Beard1 A PRINCE OF TROY2 THE WAR AT TROY3 THE SPOILS OF TROY4 THE RETURN FROM TROY

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‘I’m awed by the web you’ve spun. Not only the beautiful complexities of it but the fine texture of the threads’
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‘A triumph of retelling the ancient story…a readable and freshened version that keeps one turning the pages’
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A Prince of Troy Book 1 The Troy Quartet

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins
      Published 14 May 2020
      ISBN-13 9780008371043
      978-0008371043
      ISBN-10 0008371040
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      PART ONE OF THE TROY QUARTETBringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there.When the mortal Paris settles a contest between the gods, he is promised the love of Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world.But Helen is already married, to the powerful Menelaus of Sparta, and the kings of many cities have sworn to defend their union. Paris's divine gift threatens to set his world aflame.An engaging retelling of the whole story, neatly blending mythic archaism with modern psychodrama and satire'Mary Beard1 A PRINCE OF TROY2 THE WAR AT TROY3 THE SPOILS OF TROY4 THE RETURN FROM TROY

      Trade Review

      ‘An engaging retelling of the whole story, neatly blending mythic archaism with modern psychodrama and satire’
      Mary Beard, GUARDIAN

      ‘I’m awed by the web you’ve spun. Not only the beautiful complexities of it but the fine texture of the threads’
      Ted Hughes

      ‘A triumph of retelling the ancient story…a readable and freshened version that keeps one turning the pages’
      Alan Sillitoe

      ‘Wonderfully clear and dramatic’
      OBSERVER

      ‘Expertly handled, drawing on the best of this classic tale and shaping it into a riveting page-turner well-suited to our times’
      DAILY MAIL

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