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Helen of Troy by Margaret George

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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 has captured a timeless legend in a mesmerizing tale of a woman whose life was destined to create strife—and destroy civilizations.

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Helen of Troy was phenomenal! A rich novel of the legendary beauty whose face was said to have launched a thousand ships. I will admit it took me a bit to get into it at first, but once I started I did not want to put it down. I must also admit I belive it was mostly do to the fact I did not expect expect the book to start out with her childhood. In the end the book would of been incomplete without knowing about how Helen began her life. Margaret George wove Helena's life into a tapestry detailing the hardship of being the famed daughter of Zeus,a queen,a loving mother,an adulteresses wife,a princess,a loyal wife, & a wise old women. This book gave me a new outlook on characters that I both loved & hated. Before I adored Paris, Achilles, & Odysseus, yet hated Helen & Menelaus. Now I see all the characters in history through a new light & you may that you do to if you read it. If you enjoy the Greeks or Trojans you will love to read this.

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