A war, which lasted for 10 years, was fought over her and nearly all the stories of the heroic age were bound into her story - a measure of her capacity to galvanise men into action. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Bestselling novelist, Margaret George, here imagines the story of Helen of Sparta and Troy, one the most amazing female mythical characters, ancient or modern. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear.

*** CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Macmillan, Australia, 2006. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Trade Paperback.

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. And once the lovers flee to Troy, war, murder, and tragedy become inevitable. 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. While hardly more than a girl, Helen married the remote Spartan king Menelaus and bore him a daughter. Through her eyes and in her voice, we experience the young Helen’s discovery of her divine origin and her terrifying beauty. Margaret George breathes new life into the great Homeric tale by having Helen narrate her own story. Now Margaret George, the highly acclaimed bestselling historical novelist, has turned her intelligent, perceptive eye to the myth that is Helen of Troy. A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face 'launched a thousand ships'ĭaughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquity’s bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for millennia.

Helen of troy by margaret george