' great author - i have read a number of her books - always interesting - she joins fact with fiction beautifully ' - Marsha,

' I learned a lot from this book, but it was quite long so I did find myself drifting a bit. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.The whole book is the kind that emphasizes detail, and is worth a try for those of us who like that, but not for people who don't like slow plots.' The beginning and the end were delightfully imaginative, though, not so much in story as in details. The myth is full of dramatic situations of all kinds and the book didn't convey the emotional intensity that they ought to inspire. It incorporates a lot of scenes from Homer, and probably from other mythological sources I haven't read yet, but shuffles their chronology without any clear point that I could see. 'Of the several novels I've read about Helen this year, this is the only one that covers her whole life, before, during, and even after the Trojan War. An exquisite page-turner with a cast of irresistible characters-Odysseus, Hector, Achilles, Priam, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, as well as Helen and Paris themselves-and a wealth of material that reproduces the Age of Bronze in all its glory, Helen of Troy brings to life a war that we have all learned about but never before experienced. Laden with doom, yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty, this is a beautifully told story of a legendary woman and her times. The New York Times bestseller from Margaret George, author of Mary, Called Magdalene and Elizabeth I With her amazing ability to summon the voices of historical characters, Margaret George tells the story of the woman whose face 'launched a thousand ships' in Helen of Troy.

Helen of Troy by Margaret George