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Chargement... The Armour of Achillespar Glyn Iliffe
The Trojan War (50) Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is the third book of the Adventures of Odysseus series and takes place during the tenth year of the Trojan War, pretty much covering the same ground as The Iliad. As the title suggests, Achilles is the main focus of this volume, though the cunning Odysseus and his fictional friend Eperitus are to the fore at times as well. Achilles' overweening pride almost results in the defeat of the Greek army but after the death of his closest friend, he returns to the fray knowing that he's fated to die at the gates of Troy. Once again, Mr. Iliffe succeeds in breathing life into real and mythological characters, both human and divine. I'm looking forward to reading the fourth installment of this series, The Oracles of Troy, which is due out early next year. As the final line of the book states, "beware of Greeks bearing gifts". ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The siege of Troy is in its ninth year. The Greeks, with Achilles at their head, have inflicted numerous defeats on the Trojans, but Troy itself still stands. When Agamemnon is threatened with mutiny by a disillusioned army wanting to return home he changes his tactics by ordering a series of attacks on the allies of Troy, thus depriving the city of reinforcements, trade and supplies. But even this cannot draw the Trojans out from behind their walls. Odysseus, Eperitus and their men have become hardened soldiers. Tired and bitter about the war, Odysseus just wants to return home to his island Kingdom of Ithaca. But while Agammenon is still determined to revenge himself upon Troy for the theft of Helen by Paris, then Odysseus is held by the oath that he himself created. Eperitus is tormented by his own oath: sworn to protect the very man who murdered his daughter. As the war continues, Odysseus realises that sheer numbers will never overwhelm Tory, if he is ever to return home, then he must use cunning and guile to bring about its downfall . . . Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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