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Song of Troy
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780752817637
Edition: New Ed
Format: Import
ISBN: 0752817639
Label: ORION PAPERBACKS
Manufacturer: ORION PAPERBACKS
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: January 07, 1999
Publisher: ORION PAPERBACKS
Studio: ORION PAPERBACKS
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Rating: - Not First Man in Rome, but intriguing
As a fan of McCullough's Rome series, I picked up this book. I enjoyed it, but it's not one I've returned to over and over, as I have with The First Man in Rome and her saga of Marius, Sulla, Caesar and the rest.
Rating:  - Haven't yet read it
I have not read this work. I have read each and every one of McCullough's 6 volumes about Ancient Rome.
I have read the reviews and synopses of Song of Troy and am aware of how the book is bound together thematically.
But the WHOLE theme of the original Iliad was how the Greek gods took sides in the war and how THEY affected it. The gods attempted to use the players of the respective sides as pawns in their own Olympic struggles.
As subplot, Homer also shows ... Read More
Rating: - These dudes were cool
I read the Iliad in high school because I had to, then promptly went on to other things. I picked this up with only a faint recollection of what the story was about. I don't know if I ever realized how good a story Odysseus, Helen, Paris, Agamemnon, Achilles, and the other Greeks and Trojans provided us with. There is sex, a little love, hate, war, jealousy, and intrigue, not only among humans but among gods and goddesses, too.
If you're looking for just a good, entertaining story, this ... Read More
Rating:  - A Compelling Read
Colleen McCullough was born in Australia. A neurophysicist, she established the department of neurophysiology at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney She then worked as a researcher and teacher at Yale Medical School for ten years. She is the author of the record-breaking international bestseller The Thorn Birds and her series of books on Rome have also been bestsellers. Colleen lives on Norfolk Island in the Pacific with her husband.
Colleen McCullough has been one of my favourite ... Read More
Rating:  - Extraction of divine intervention deflates classic tale
The Song of Troy is a retelling of the ten years war between Greece and Troy. The Trojan War, often referred to as the most recounted story outside the bible, was famously documented in the cycle of epic poems of Homer's Iliad. Homer was mainly concerned with describing the wrath of Achilles and its consequences. He used Troy and the war as a poetic setting for a conflict between men and gods. The Greeks people believed in powers greater than themselves. Although these Gods and heroes argued, hated and loved ... Read More
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