A Prince of Troy

#1 Troy Quartet

Lindsay Clarke

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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
05 October 2020

Fiction & Literature; Historical adventure; Myth & legend told as fiction

Series: The Troy Quartet

PART ONE OF THE TROY QUARTET

Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour, and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there.

When the mortal Paris settles a contest between the gods, he is promised the love of Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world.

But Helen is already married, to the powerful Menelaus of Sparta, and the kings of many cities have sworn to defend their union. Paris’s divine gift threatens to set his world aflame.

‘An engaging retelling of the whole story, neatly blending mythic archaism with modern psychodrama and satire’ Mary Beard

1 – A PRINCE OF TROY 2 – THE WAR AT TROY 3 – THE SPOILS OF TROY 4 – THE RETURN FROM TROY

By: Lindsay Clarke
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 140g
ISBN: 9780008371043
ISBN 10: 0008371040
Series: The Troy Quartet
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acclaimed author Lindsay Clarke won the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Fiction with The Chymical Wedding and is also well-known for Alice's Masque. He has an extensive knowledge of mythology and legend and runs workshops in the UK and abroad.

Reviews for A Prince of Troy (#1 Troy Quartet)

‘An engaging retelling of the whole story, neatly blending mythic archaism with modern psychodrama and satire’ Mary Beard, GUARDIAN ‘I’m awed by the web you’ve spun. Not only the beautiful complexities of it but the fine texture of the threads’ Ted Hughes ‘A triumph of retelling the ancient story…a readable and freshened version that keeps one turning the pages’ Alan Sillitoe ‘Wonderfully clear and dramatic’ OBSERVER ‘Expertly handled, drawing on the best of this classic tale and shaping it into a riveting page-turner well-suited to our times’ DAILY MAIL