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Helen of Troy by Margaret George
4.0
Homer gaves us the story of the end of the Trojan War and the great tale of what happened to the Odyssey when it lost its way. There are numerous tales of the greatest warriors that fought the war and endless stories of the watching gods. Margaret George tells a different story. It is the story of Helen and how she went from being Helen, Queen of Sparta to Helen of Troy. And the story is told through her eyes. From her childhood when she strained against her restraints and resented the fact that she had to wear a veil and stay hidden. Hearing rumors and whispers all her life about how she wasn't her father's daughter how in fact she was in fact the daughter of Zeus. To her marriage to Menaleus where she resigns herself to a passionless life and finally to the day she meets Paris after an encounter with Aphrodite. Aphrodite promised Helen that she would bestow passion on her life, and Helen believing that she would finally have a passion filled marriage returns home and runs into Paris. After that first glimpse she knows what true desire feels like. And things go down hill from there.
Knowing that she can no longer live without Paris in her life they decide to let the chips fall where they will and escape together. Thus begins the most passionate love filled adventure of Helen's life. And what follows her and Paris is not joy and a long life of love together but destruction and hatred. Thus begins the Trojan war. All due to a promise that was made when Helen chose Menaleus as her husband that all the other suitors would band together if their marriage was questioned.
Written from Helen's perspective the story takes on a new energy. I know the some of the stories of the Trojan War and what led up to it. This gives it a different flavor and we are able to see the war as Helen saw it. She truly had love for Paris and her adopted country of Troy and hated watching the Greeks destroy it. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who has an interest in historical fiction and Greek mythology/history. It really is an amazing read!
Knowing that she can no longer live without Paris in her life they decide to let the chips fall where they will and escape together. Thus begins the most passionate love filled adventure of Helen's life. And what follows her and Paris is not joy and a long life of love together but destruction and hatred. Thus begins the Trojan war. All due to a promise that was made when Helen chose Menaleus as her husband that all the other suitors would band together if their marriage was questioned.
Written from Helen's perspective the story takes on a new energy. I know the some of the stories of the Trojan War and what led up to it. This gives it a different flavor and we are able to see the war as Helen saw it. She truly had love for Paris and her adopted country of Troy and hated watching the Greeks destroy it. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who has an interest in historical fiction and Greek mythology/history. It really is an amazing read!