Troy: Last War of the Heroic Age

by Si Sheppard

Book Overview

Homer's Iliad, read by college underclassmen everywhere, tells the story of Helen, 'the face that launched a thousand ships', the trojan horse, and Achilles' heel. The Iliad provides the basis for this modern exploration of one of the most famous legendary wars of all time, a story at least partly based in fact.

When Paris, prince of Troy, ran off with Helen, wife of the king of Sparta, it launched the greatest war of the mythic age of Greece...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472801288
• ISBN13: 9781472801289
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher