Non-fiction thriller about the infamous Ancient War
Barry S. Strauss is Professor of History and Classics at Cornell University and an expert in Military History. He is the author of nine books, frequently contributes to Washington Post, L.A. Times, and Newsday and is often interviewed by the BBC. He holds Cornell's Clark Distinguished Teaching Award.
Imaginative, sympathetic and plausible
*Bettany Hughes*
An exciting tale written in a lively style that brings Homer's
heroes and the world in which they lived to vibrant and colourful
life
*Donald Kagan*
Strauss's brilliant interweaving of the mythic and the modern
archaeological records makes for exhilarating [...] reading
*The Scotsman*
Consumed in one of those burning-the-midnight-oil situations... I
really enjoyed it
*Michael Wood*
A military epic of the first order, weaving together fact and
fiction in a beguiling tapestry of blood, guts, gore - and terrible
feminine beauty
*Paul Cartledge, professor of Greek History, Cambridge
University*
This is as good an account as we are likely to get of one of the
most famous wars in history. A must-read for anyone interested in
war, history, or ancient times
*Max Boot, senior fellow in national security studies, The Council
on Foreign Relations*
It has taken a mere 2,700 years for archaeology to reveal Homer as
a truly talented historian, not just a peddler of second hand
myths. Contrary to age-old academic prejudice, finds since 1988
have confirmed that the Trojan War happened much as Homer - the
Iron Age writer with an inspired grasp of Bronze Age culture -
related it. Homer's heroes remain mythical, but so much else is
spot-on that Barry Strauss extends the benefit of the doubt by
re-telling The Iliad in his own chattily lyrical style as if
Achilles & Co were as real as the other proven evidence. Cracking
book ...
*The Daily Telegraph*
In this gripping reconstruction [Strauss] deploys an impressive
array of archaeological, historical and linguistic evidence...
*Mail on Sunday*
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