Author: WILLIAM BUCCANNAN
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499002270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
You have heard the stories of Helen of Troy. The stories of the woman who launched a thousand ships. Some tell the story that she was an innocent victim caught between two kings who wanted to possess her. Those stories are lies. I will tell you the true story of Helen of Troy. My name is Helena my story begins when my mother had taken ill and was lying on her death bed. Some of the elders and Physicians in my father’s court thought it may have been the pox that killed my mother, but I knew better. I knew it was witch craft that had taken my mother from me. My father would disappear for days to the temple of Athena to pray for my mother’s good health. My mother’s health continued to worsen as she became bed ridden and rail thin in a matter of months. The castle was overcast with despair; everyone knew that my mother was dying. Everyone except me, I still had hope that whatever witchcraft that had befallen my mother would soon be lifted.
THE HUNTRESS OF TROY
Author: WILLIAM BUCCANNAN
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499002270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
You have heard the stories of Helen of Troy. The stories of the woman who launched a thousand ships. Some tell the story that she was an innocent victim caught between two kings who wanted to possess her. Those stories are lies. I will tell you the true story of Helen of Troy. My name is Helena my story begins when my mother had taken ill and was lying on her death bed. Some of the elders and Physicians in my father’s court thought it may have been the pox that killed my mother, but I knew better. I knew it was witch craft that had taken my mother from me. My father would disappear for days to the temple of Athena to pray for my mother’s good health. My mother’s health continued to worsen as she became bed ridden and rail thin in a matter of months. The castle was overcast with despair; everyone knew that my mother was dying. Everyone except me, I still had hope that whatever witchcraft that had befallen my mother would soon be lifted.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499002270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
You have heard the stories of Helen of Troy. The stories of the woman who launched a thousand ships. Some tell the story that she was an innocent victim caught between two kings who wanted to possess her. Those stories are lies. I will tell you the true story of Helen of Troy. My name is Helena my story begins when my mother had taken ill and was lying on her death bed. Some of the elders and Physicians in my father’s court thought it may have been the pox that killed my mother, but I knew better. I knew it was witch craft that had taken my mother from me. My father would disappear for days to the temple of Athena to pray for my mother’s good health. My mother’s health continued to worsen as she became bed ridden and rail thin in a matter of months. The castle was overcast with despair; everyone knew that my mother was dying. Everyone except me, I still had hope that whatever witchcraft that had befallen my mother would soon be lifted.
The Huntress
Author: J. Risk
Publisher: FRP
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
What if your soulmate was born in a different realm? The Alterealm Series is a paranormal romance in a fantasy, otherworld setting with plenty of action and fate to decide their destinies. What would you do if you woke up in another realm where the residents are beings from fictional tales? Where all those things that go bump in the night are real, and other realities do exist!! Damariss Maxx just woke up in a world where all those things that go bump in the night are real. An alternate realm where the residents are beings she thought only existed in fiction. Will she find the way to keep life normal and simple for the unknowing without losing her own sanity? All she has to do now is find a way to protect people in her world from the nightmares that have bled over from another realm, fulfill a prophecy that says she's their Huntress Queen, or doom both worlds to a bleak and violent existence.
Publisher: FRP
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
What if your soulmate was born in a different realm? The Alterealm Series is a paranormal romance in a fantasy, otherworld setting with plenty of action and fate to decide their destinies. What would you do if you woke up in another realm where the residents are beings from fictional tales? Where all those things that go bump in the night are real, and other realities do exist!! Damariss Maxx just woke up in a world where all those things that go bump in the night are real. An alternate realm where the residents are beings she thought only existed in fiction. Will she find the way to keep life normal and simple for the unknowing without losing her own sanity? All she has to do now is find a way to protect people in her world from the nightmares that have bled over from another realm, fulfill a prophecy that says she's their Huntress Queen, or doom both worlds to a bleak and violent existence.
A Song of War
Author: Kate Quinn
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063310651
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
A SONG OF WAR Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans—the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy's gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient world: slaves and queens, heroes and cowards, seers and kings . . . and these are their stories. A young princess and an embittered prince join forces to prevent a fatal elopement. A tormented seeress challenges the gods themselves to save her city from the impending disaster. A tragedy-haunted king battles private demons and envious rivals as the siege grinds on. A doomed hero launches a desperate plan to bring the war to a close. A grizzled archer and a desperate Amazon risk their lives to avenge their dead. A trickster conceives the greatest trick of all. A goddess' son battles to save the spirit of Troy even as the walls are breached in fire and blood. Seven authors bring to life the epic tale of the Trojan War: its heroes, its villains, its survivors, its dead. Who will lie forgotten in the embers, and who will rise to shape the bloody dawn of a new age?
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063310651
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
A SONG OF WAR Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans—the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy's gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient world: slaves and queens, heroes and cowards, seers and kings . . . and these are their stories. A young princess and an embittered prince join forces to prevent a fatal elopement. A tormented seeress challenges the gods themselves to save her city from the impending disaster. A tragedy-haunted king battles private demons and envious rivals as the siege grinds on. A doomed hero launches a desperate plan to bring the war to a close. A grizzled archer and a desperate Amazon risk their lives to avenge their dead. A trickster conceives the greatest trick of all. A goddess' son battles to save the spirit of Troy even as the walls are breached in fire and blood. Seven authors bring to life the epic tale of the Trojan War: its heroes, its villains, its survivors, its dead. Who will lie forgotten in the embers, and who will rise to shape the bloody dawn of a new age?
Helen of Troy
Author: Margaret George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101218797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101218797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller. The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, Helen of Troy is an exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible, legendary characters—Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Menelaus, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves. With a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, it brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced.
Shadows of Otherside
Author: Whitney Hill
Publisher: Benu Media
ISBN: 1737631172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1716
Book Description
Complete collection of the first 5 books in the Shadows of Otherside urban fantasy series Air elemental Arden Finch pushes against the status quo to unravel conspiracies and carve out a place for herself in the supernatural community of North Carolina. As she confronts the existing power structures and uncovers secrets, she must also solve the greatest mystery of all: herself. The line between friend and enemy is not always clear, but it’s one she’ll have to walk in order to claim her forbidden magic and grow into the power she’s meant to be. This five-book box set collection contains: * Elemental * Eldritch Sparks * Ethereal Secrets * Ebon Rebellion * Eternal Huntress Plus a bonus first chapter of the upcoming book 6, Tempered Illusions. Don't miss this series if you like a coming-of-age growth arc, enemies to lovers and lovers to enemies, spicy romance, and a whole host of supernatural beings. Content warnings The books in the Shadows of Otherside universe contain the following: swearing, consensual sex, physical violence, blood/gore, on-page death, slurs (not toward any real racial or ethnic group/identity), alcohol use, and threats of sexual violence. Elemental includes an on-page drowning scene.
Publisher: Benu Media
ISBN: 1737631172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1716
Book Description
Complete collection of the first 5 books in the Shadows of Otherside urban fantasy series Air elemental Arden Finch pushes against the status quo to unravel conspiracies and carve out a place for herself in the supernatural community of North Carolina. As she confronts the existing power structures and uncovers secrets, she must also solve the greatest mystery of all: herself. The line between friend and enemy is not always clear, but it’s one she’ll have to walk in order to claim her forbidden magic and grow into the power she’s meant to be. This five-book box set collection contains: * Elemental * Eldritch Sparks * Ethereal Secrets * Ebon Rebellion * Eternal Huntress Plus a bonus first chapter of the upcoming book 6, Tempered Illusions. Don't miss this series if you like a coming-of-age growth arc, enemies to lovers and lovers to enemies, spicy romance, and a whole host of supernatural beings. Content warnings The books in the Shadows of Otherside universe contain the following: swearing, consensual sex, physical violence, blood/gore, on-page death, slurs (not toward any real racial or ethnic group/identity), alcohol use, and threats of sexual violence. Elemental includes an on-page drowning scene.
Troy
Author: Stephen Fry
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1797208209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story of the epic battle retold by Fry with drama, humor, and vivid emotion. Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, Helen, their lovers, and their mortal enemies all burn bright in Fry's compelling prose. Illustrated throughout with classical art inspired by the myths, this gorgeous volume invites you to explore a captivating world with a brilliant storyteller as your guide. • BELOVED AUTHOR: Stephen Fry is an icon whose signature wit and mellifluous style makes this retelling utterly unique. Fans will love hearing his interpretation, whether they are familiar with the original Greek myths or not. • TIMELESS STORIES: For fans of Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, Madeline Miller's Circe or Song of Achilles, or Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls, this is the perfect next great read. These ancient tales never get old. • STUNNING SERIES CONCLUSION: Mythos and Heroes, the first two installments in the trilogy, were international bestsellers. Now fans can read the thrilling third book. • GORGEOUS GIFT: With a vibrant contemporary design, full-color artwork throughout, and shimmering metallic highlights on the jacket, this book makes a superb present.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1797208209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
In this brilliant conclusion to his bestselling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War. Full of tragic heroes, intoxicating love stories, and the unstoppable force of fate, there is no conflict more iconic than the Trojan War. Troy is the story of the epic battle retold by Fry with drama, humor, and vivid emotion. Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, Helen, their lovers, and their mortal enemies all burn bright in Fry's compelling prose. Illustrated throughout with classical art inspired by the myths, this gorgeous volume invites you to explore a captivating world with a brilliant storyteller as your guide. • BELOVED AUTHOR: Stephen Fry is an icon whose signature wit and mellifluous style makes this retelling utterly unique. Fans will love hearing his interpretation, whether they are familiar with the original Greek myths or not. • TIMELESS STORIES: For fans of Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, Madeline Miller's Circe or Song of Achilles, or Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls, this is the perfect next great read. These ancient tales never get old. • STUNNING SERIES CONCLUSION: Mythos and Heroes, the first two installments in the trilogy, were international bestsellers. Now fans can read the thrilling third book. • GORGEOUS GIFT: With a vibrant contemporary design, full-color artwork throughout, and shimmering metallic highlights on the jacket, this book makes a superb present.
The Plays of Euripides in English ...: Introduction. The cyclops. Hecuba. The Trojan dames. Helen. Electra. Orestes. Andromache. Iphigenia in Aulis. Iphigenia in Tauris
Author: Euripides
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The Aeneid
Author: Virgil
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143106295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where, after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds what will become the Roman empire. An unsparing portrait of a man caught between love, duty, and fate, the Aeneid redefines passion, nobility, and courage for our times. Robert Fagles, whose acclaimed translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were welcomed as major publishing events, brings the Aeneid to a new generation of readers, retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original Latin as well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. Featuring an illuminating introduction to Virgil’s world by esteemed scholar Bernard Knox, this volume lends a vibrant new voice to one of the seminal literary achievements of the ancient world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143106295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where, after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds what will become the Roman empire. An unsparing portrait of a man caught between love, duty, and fate, the Aeneid redefines passion, nobility, and courage for our times. Robert Fagles, whose acclaimed translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were welcomed as major publishing events, brings the Aeneid to a new generation of readers, retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original Latin as well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. Featuring an illuminating introduction to Virgil’s world by esteemed scholar Bernard Knox, this volume lends a vibrant new voice to one of the seminal literary achievements of the ancient world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Affair of the Veiled Murderess
Author: Jeanne Winston Adler
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438435495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Troy, New York, 1853. Two Irish immigrants—a man and a woman—die shortly after drinking beer poured by a neighbor. Was it poisoned? And if so, was their slayer the beautiful mistress of an important Democratic politician? Many Trojans soon answer yes to both questions, but others question the guilt of the glamorous accused. Rumored to be the once-respectable Miss Charlotte Wood, a former student at Emma Willard's elite Troy Female Seminary and the runaway wife of a British lord, her identity remains in doubt, and the air of mystery is only heightened by her decision to remain hidden behind a veil during her trial, which earns her the nickname "The Veiled Murderess." As the affair widens to include the antebellum social and political worlds of Troy and Albany, the blossoming scandal threatens important people on both sides of the Atlantic. Drawing on newspapers, court documents, and other records of the time, Jeanne Winston Adler attempts to come to an understanding of the truth behind the strange affair of the veiled murderess. In the process, she addresses a number of topics important to our understanding of nineteenth-century life in New York State, including the changing roles of women, the marginal position of the Irish, and the contentious political firmament of the time.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438435495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Troy, New York, 1853. Two Irish immigrants—a man and a woman—die shortly after drinking beer poured by a neighbor. Was it poisoned? And if so, was their slayer the beautiful mistress of an important Democratic politician? Many Trojans soon answer yes to both questions, but others question the guilt of the glamorous accused. Rumored to be the once-respectable Miss Charlotte Wood, a former student at Emma Willard's elite Troy Female Seminary and the runaway wife of a British lord, her identity remains in doubt, and the air of mystery is only heightened by her decision to remain hidden behind a veil during her trial, which earns her the nickname "The Veiled Murderess." As the affair widens to include the antebellum social and political worlds of Troy and Albany, the blossoming scandal threatens important people on both sides of the Atlantic. Drawing on newspapers, court documents, and other records of the time, Jeanne Winston Adler attempts to come to an understanding of the truth behind the strange affair of the veiled murderess. In the process, she addresses a number of topics important to our understanding of nineteenth-century life in New York State, including the changing roles of women, the marginal position of the Irish, and the contentious political firmament of the time.
The Siege and Fall of Troy
Author: Robert Graves
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A retelling of the story of the Trojan War based upon accounts by Homer and other Greek and Latin authors.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A retelling of the story of the Trojan War based upon accounts by Homer and other Greek and Latin authors.