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From BBC Radio 4: The Last Days of Troy
Simon Armitage's dramatisation of Homer's Iliad . The Greeks are laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the conflict drags on, and despite battlefields scarlet with blood, opposing forces have reached a bitter stalemate. Desperate and exhausted, both Gods and mortals squabble amongst themselves for the spoils of war and the hand of victory.
The Last Days of Troy reveals a world locked in cycles of conflict and revenge, of east v ...more
Simon Armitage's dramatisation of Homer's Iliad . The Greeks are laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the conflict drags on, and despite battlefields scarlet with blood, opposing forces have reached a bitter stalemate. Desperate and exhausted, both Gods and mortals squabble amongst themselves for the spoils of war and the hand of victory.
The Last Days of Troy reveals a world locked in cycles of conflict and revenge, of east v ...more
I ship Achilles/Agamemnon. Enjoyed it. Would read again. Better than the miniseries. Clearly an overwrought work of fan-fiction. WTF is up with that shield? I mean, it's just a shield, right?
Seriously--how is it possible to review a book like this? To give it "stars"? This isn't a book. This isn't an epic poem, either. This is some kind of foundational cultural monument, standing on a strange and distant hill, covered in scars and cracks, each layer of dirt standing for hundreds of years. Thousa ...more
Seriously--how is it possible to review a book like this? To give it "stars"? This isn't a book. This isn't an epic poem, either. This is some kind of foundational cultural monument, standing on a strange and distant hill, covered in scars and cracks, each layer of dirt standing for hundreds of years. Thousa ...more
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