War That Killed Achilles

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War That Killed Achilles

The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War

Author: Caroline Alexander

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Language: English

Published by: Penguin Books

Published on: 15th October 2009

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9781101148853


"Spectacular and constantly surprising."
-Ken Burns

About the Book

Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty, New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer’s masterwork—the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.

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