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"Spectacular and constantly surprising."-Ken BurnsWritten with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty , New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer's masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.
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The War That Killed Achilles, Caroline Alexander
- Language
- Released
- 2009
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- The War That Killed Achilles
- Subtitle
- The True Story Of Homer's Iliad And The Trojan War
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Caroline Alexander
- Publisher
- Viking
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN10
- 0670021121
- ISBN13
- 9780670021123
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Classics, Wars, Mythology, Ancient History, Greece
- Description
- "Spectacular and constantly surprising."-Ken BurnsWritten with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty , New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer's masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.