false 10114 12 <B>A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face &#147;launched a thousand ships&#148;</B> <BR><BR> Daughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquity's bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for millennia. Now Margaret George, the highly acclaimed bestselling historical novelist, has turned her intelligent, perceptive eye to the myth that is Helen of Troy. <P> Margaret George breathes new life into the great Homeric tale by having Helen narrate her own story. Through her eyes and in her voice, we experience the young Helen's discovery of her divine origin and her terrifying beauty. While hardly more than a girl, Helen married the remote Spartan king Menelaus and bore him a daughter. By the age of twenty, the world's most beautiful woman was resigned to a passionless marriage&#151;until she encountered the handsome Trojan prince Paris. And once the lovers flee to Troy, war, murder, and tragedy become inevitable. <P> In <I>Helen of Troy</I>, Margaret George has captured a timeless legend in a mesmerizing tale of a woman whose life was destined to create strife&#151;and destroy civilizations. 12851 8 8 2006 Helen of Troy total:1173|5:307|4:380|3:360|2:113|1:13| 1173 4374 1978 218 3 2 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 05:19:07 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 19:51:39 -0700 2009
There were many things that I loved about the book. The story of ...more...]]> 5 2 true false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 20:31:38 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 10:47:48 -0700 2009
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I used to love to go to the Princess Theater on Saturda...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 06:55:32 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 07:59:28 -0700 2009
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This is not my favorite work of George. Some of her other "biographies" are much more richly realized, but that in part might be my own challenges. I find it difficult to really...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:53:47 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 21:02:51 -0700 2009 Her love for Paris was as true as every breath she breathe...more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 08:04:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:31:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 16:11:49 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 17:11:45 -0700 2008 1 Helen of Troy. Ms. George recreates the story from Helen's point of view and beginning with Helen's childhood, she paints a fairly vivid picture of...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 13 03:47:09 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 03:49:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 17 18:54:46 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 19:06:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 08:25:18 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 08:49:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 21:59:34 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 22:11:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 17:08:39 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 17:24:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 23 16:32:06 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 04 15:13:34 -0700 2009 Helen of Troy is a hard one to write. Whether you are like me - knowing little of Helen beyond her "abduction" by Paris - or you know all the details of her story - I don't want to give you a long synopsis. If you are a newcomer to the tale, I won't spoil it...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 05 10:05:40 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 10:17:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 18:50:20 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 14:22:29 -0800 2008 The Autobiography of Henry VIII is one of my favorites and I also really enjoyed Mary Called Magdalene. It's pretty good in the beginning but then it sort of peters out in the middle. I made myself finish it and luckily it does pick up again later. I understand that becau...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10114