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Troy Hardback - 2001
by Geras, Adele
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Details
- Title Troy
- Author Geras, Adele
- Binding Hardback
- Edition 1st
- Condition Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harcourt, Inc., San Diego
- Publication date 2001
- Bookseller's Inventory # BOOKS113362I
- ISBN 9780152164928 / 0152164928
- Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.34 x 1.14 in (23.37 x 16.10 x 2.90 cm)
- Age range 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Reading level 670
- Category Young Adult Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Greek, Troy (Extinct city)
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00057262
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Bookseller catalogues Fiction
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Summary
The classic struggle between Greece and Troy brought to life by a panoramic chorus of voices both humble and high, human and divine.
The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is becoming scarce and the death toll is rising. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch.
But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war, and so she turns her attention to two sisters: Marpessa, who is gifted with God-sight and serves as handmaiden to Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world; and Xanthe, who is kind and loving and tends the wounded soldiers in the Blood Room. When Eros fits an arrow to his silver-lit bow and lets it fly, neither sister will escape its power.
With vitality and grace, Adèle Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humor into this classic story. This is truly an inspired novel, told through the eyes of the women of Troy, in which the Gods move among mortals and an ancient city is brought to life.
The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is becoming scarce and the death toll is rising. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch.
But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war, and so she turns her attention to two sisters: Marpessa, who is gifted with God-sight and serves as handmaiden to Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world; and Xanthe, who is kind and loving and tends the wounded soldiers in the Blood Room. When Eros fits an arrow to his silver-lit bow and lets it fly, neither sister will escape its power.
With vitality and grace, Adèle Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humor into this classic story. This is truly an inspired novel, told through the eyes of the women of Troy, in which the Gods move among mortals and an ancient city is brought to life.
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starting with alice its a marvelous book and recommended to every kid
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