The war begins when the beautiful but self-indulgent Helen deserts her husband, King Menelaus of Sparta, for the equally reckless Trojan prince Paris .
Agamemnon , the ambitious King of Kings, sacrifices his own daughter to launch a fleet of a thousand ships. He is joined by the subtle and brilliant Odysseus , who eventually devises the Trojan Horse. La Cancion De Troya Colleen McCullough (2) epub
The decade-long siege concludes with the brutal destruction of Troy, a tragedy that McCullough portrays with a contemporary sense of urgency and psychological depth. Digital Availability (ePub) The war begins when the beautiful but self-indulgent
The story unfolds through from seventeen different narrators, shifting sympathies between the Greeks and Trojans. Key Narrative Threads The decade-long siege concludes with the brutal destruction
The narrative highlights the contrast between the haunted, unstoppable Achilles and the noble, heroic Hektor , both of whom are driven by honor and a sense of inevitable doom.
