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The Trojan War
- Margaret
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The Trojan War
There are a ton of novels revolving around the Trojan War. A recent one of literary value is David Malouf's Ransom. I wrote a review of this for my own website, as well as a longer review for the U.K. archaeology website Heritage-Key. I had to chuckle when I discovered they had edited me into a Brit - the funniest part is that I didn't even notice until halfway through my reread of the review.
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- sweetpotatoboy
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[quote=""SCW""]Don't read the firebrand, unless you have insomnia.[/quote]
Hey, I like The Firebrand. Re-read it recently after a long gap and think I enjoyed it more second time round, after recalling feeling underwhelmed first time. It has flaws, sure, but I didn't find it boring.
And, yes, so many novels on the Trojan War!
Hey, I like The Firebrand. Re-read it recently after a long gap and think I enjoyed it more second time round, after recalling feeling underwhelmed first time. It has flaws, sure, but I didn't find it boring.
And, yes, so many novels on the Trojan War!
Gosh, I haven't read Firebrand since it first came out and it still had the freshness of epic historical fantasy written from the female POV, not that common until MZB burst onto the scene with Mists of Avalon. I suspect that if I read it again it would reflect some of the feminist perspectives of the time which might seem rather dated now.
Possibly my favourite Trojan War novels are George Shipway's Men of Bronze and King in Splendour, a two-part fictional biography of Agamemnon, depicted as a cunning ruthless bastard who lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the pinnacle of power. Shipway adds a touch of black humour in his little reminders about hubris, when Agamemnon gets a creepy feeling every now and then about a certain bath in his palace at Mycenae---
Possibly my favourite Trojan War novels are George Shipway's Men of Bronze and King in Splendour, a two-part fictional biography of Agamemnon, depicted as a cunning ruthless bastard who lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the pinnacle of power. Shipway adds a touch of black humour in his little reminders about hubris, when Agamemnon gets a creepy feeling every now and then about a certain bath in his palace at Mycenae---
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[quote=""Margaret""]There are a ton of novels revolving around the Trojan War. A recent one of literary value is David Malouf's Ransom. I wrote a review of this for my own website, as well as a longer review for the U.K. archaeology website Heritage-Key. I had to chuckle when I discovered they had edited me into a Brit - the funniest part is that I didn't even notice until halfway through my reread of the review.[/quote]
Nice review, Margaret. You make the book sound like an intriguing read, even though it's not a period I usually gravitate toward.
Nice review, Margaret. You make the book sound like an intriguing read, even though it's not a period I usually gravitate toward.
Wendy K. Perriman
Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
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Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
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- Margaret
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Thanks. If you like highly poetic novels, you'd probably enjoy it. It's quite short.Nice review, Margaret. You make the book sound like an intriguing read, even though it's not a period I usually gravitate toward.
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