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Helen's Daughter

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Helen's Daughter

Post by lauragill » Sun August 7th, 2011, 6:31 am

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When the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen of Sparta, she left behind a nine-year-old daughter, Hermione. And when Helen's husband Menelaus set out to recover her, Hermione was sent to her relatives at Mycenae to wait out the war.

Now, years later, the Trojan War is over. The adult Hermione eagerly awaits her father's return, but remains ambivalent toward her mother, even as her world is once again turned upside-down. Can Hermione survive the trials that await, or will she become another victim of the curse that haunts her family?


I spent more than a year researching and writing this book, and there is an Author's Note at the back.

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Post by LoveHistory » Tue August 9th, 2011, 5:04 pm

I love the concept.

But I have to ask if there were a lot of fair-skinned redheads in Greece? The girl on the cover is certainly eye-catching. Not what I would have expected, but beautiful, especially her eyes.

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Post by Misfit » Tue August 9th, 2011, 5:11 pm

It is a an interesting concept. Best of luck with it.
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Post by lauragill » Tue August 9th, 2011, 7:03 pm

[quote=""LoveHistory""]I love the concept.

But I have to ask if there were a lot of fair-skinned redheads in Greece? The girl on the cover is certainly eye-catching. Not what I would have expected, but beautiful, especially her eyes.[/quote]

Hermione's father Menelaus is specifically described in the Iliad as a redhead, so the gene is certainly floating around the House of Atreus.

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