Inside the Walls of Troy: A Novel of the Women Who Lived the Trojan War
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (843 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0689873972 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A VALIANT FIRST EFFORT A Customer My only complaint about INSIDE THE WALLS OF TROY is that the novella wasn't longer. It felt as if I'd just picked it up and, before I knew it, the story was done! Clemence McLaren has crafted an admirable re-telling of a the classic Trojan Wars tale from the standpoint of Helen and Cassandra. While the concept is not entirely unique, and while the short format of this nove. "Great Book!" according to Amazon Customer. This book is about a beautiful girl named Helen who was kidnapped at the age of 12. Helen goes through task after task and is married to a suitor name Menelaus. Maybe 1 year after their marriage, an handsome man named Paris shows up at their castle to retrieve Helen. He says Helen was promised to him by the gods. Helen sails to Troy with Paris and his sister has a vision t. A Customer said Inside the Walls of Troy - A review. This was a very interesting book. It was not the usual happy ever after story where the Prince carries the Princess off and they get married. This tells the story like it actually is. War is not only when the good side wins. The gore,blood,the grime, and sweat of the warriors is told as realistically as possible. This book is about a ten year long war. A young girl named H
When she forsees the ruin of her family and city that Helen's arrival in Troy will cause, she is outraged. Cassandra has the gift, or curse, to predict the future. As the war rages around them, Helen, the woman who started the conflict, and Cassandra, the one who foresaw it, develop a deep friendship. And through their eyes we see the Trojan War in a fascinating new way.. But when she is kidnapped by Theseus of Athens, she begins her journey into womanhood and finds passion strong enough to start the Trojan War. Two women, one war. Helen, at age twelve, is not prepared to deal with her famous beauty: to have the face that will launch a thousand ships, kill fifty thousand men, and cause the fall of the world's greatest city. Yet she cannot help being drawn to Helen
Of course many readers will know the outcome of the story, but the accounts of battles, negotiations and stratagems, seen from within Troy, still manage to be suspenseful, and the ending is particularly deft. . The writing is competent but not especially vivid and too often predictable; there is some clumsy exposition. Little differentiates the voice of Cassandra from the voice of Helen: both are misfits in their world, but their speech and thoughts lack individual identity. If Helen, the victim of her own beauty and rank, is not exactly a heroine, Paris is far from a hero. He, too, is passiv