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  <title><![CDATA[The Firebrand]]></title>
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  <default_description>Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War-reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra-priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1987</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Firebrand</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm always up for an alternate point of view story, and Cassandra/Kassandra is a character from the story of the Trojan War who has the potential to be very interesting - a prophetess whose words are believed by no one.  Unfortunately, Bradley likes to bludgeon the reader with her particular brand o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44093094">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Irritatingly inaccurate, not that we know the truth of the story. Hecuba and ex-Amazon? Kassandra kills Achilles thanks to her training as an Amazon? I don't understand the attraction to the person who recommended it and am thoroughly unimpressed with the writing of an author of whom several of my f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9226618">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75041080">
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed the retelling of the Fall of Troy from a woman's perspective, and I think Bradley does an excellent job of integrating the characters in a modern adaptation.  She does get on her soapbox quite a bit though.  I love the twist of women ruling, but getting ousted by their consorts who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75041080">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59856516">
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    <name><![CDATA[Noria]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like to read books by Marion Zimmer Bradley, I just generally like her writing style and her ideas. I especially like her re-tellings of well-known myths from a female point of view and so I re-read Die Feuer von Troja (The Firebrand) again.<br/><br/>As I said, I like the female point of vi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59856516">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31614315">
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  <date_added>Sat Aug 30 17:20:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 30 17:29:58 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVED this book. Cassandra narrates the story. I love the Iliad (all Greek mythology actually), so how could I not love Bradley's retelling of it? I felt as if I were transported to this time period. ]]></body>
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    <review id="49414667">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 15 00:51:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book and i hate this book.<br/>I love it because it was haunting, in that even when I wasn't reading it for a day or a few days, I couldn't get it out of my head.  I was interested in the characters and events.<br/>I love that it showed Kassandra and Penthiselia (spelling?) as strong, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49414667">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66723054">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 04:02:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read it many, many years ago. I remember reading it in almost one siting and having a really good impression of Aeneas and just wanting to strangle Paris. Not much has change. Zimmer Bradley knows how to write a good tale. Told from the point of view of Kassandra, the seer that predicts the fall o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66723054">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26150612">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rosie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Aug 06 17:23:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I went to the library in search of another of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Books of Avalon and I came home with The Firebrand.  This is the story of the Trojan War told through the eyes of Kassandra, one of the princesses who has been portrayed as insane in many versions of the legend.  I really liked th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26150612">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11599069">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 03 20:51:57 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 23 11:51:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure how many times I've read this book now, yet when I went through the memories on my book-review livejournal account, I couldn't find a review of it. Maybe it's just my eyes, it is rather early.<br/><br/>In the <em>Illiad</em>, it's very much a 'boys-only' kind of club. There are females, yes, b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11599069">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58223263">
    <user id="373982">
    <name><![CDATA[Patricia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Stanley, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating story. I am not that familiar with Kassandra (Cassandra), other than knowing that any foretelling she gave would not be believed. I really enjoyed the characters. Marion Zimmer Bradley has a way of making people and places come to life. She is very missed. There were some strong feminism...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58223263">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="711776">
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    <name><![CDATA[Debbie]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in one weekend while I was traveling to and from the Orkney Islands. It was a massive book; much longer than any I have read in a while. I loved the story and the main character, Kassandra. It was very interesting to see the Trojan War through her eyes, one of the very minor charact...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/711776">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49836334">
    <user id="890233">
    <name><![CDATA[Maureen]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[having hated the mists of avalon i was not pleased when i had to read this revisionist crap set in the trojan war. basically it's the mists of avalon in greece. bullshit. you like historical fiction? read mary renault. :)]]></body>
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    <review id="68514754">
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    <name><![CDATA[Juliezs]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The siege of Troy from Kassandra's (Cassandra) point of view and with the MZB feminist reading of societal changes during times of major upheaval. Entertaining characters and interesting travels.  Nice to read a book about a war that doesn't dwell on the blood and guts and glory.]]></body>
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    <review id="44684406">
    <user id="1967657">
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read it over a decade ago, and still to this day I remember it being one of my favorite books of all time.  Empowered woman, a different way to tell the tale of Trojans.]]></body>
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    <review id="39675380">
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    <name><![CDATA[Eide]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting take on the fall of Troy - would have been infinitely more bearable if the blatant (to the point of ideologically abrasive) feminist overtones were removed.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="62631227">
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    <name><![CDATA[Persi]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very interesting book if you like Greek mythology. From Cassandra's point of view about the Trojan war. She's a tragic character (and Troy fell) so don't expect a happy ending.]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[laura, and my fellow witch friends]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A unique look at Greek myth from a lesser known member of the royal family of Troy.  Discusses various pantheons of the area around Troy and how the Gods/Immortals fought over the destruction of Troy.  My only beef with the book is that Kassandra, the main character, tends to second guess and questi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34394172">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of Kassandra. <br/><br/>Kassandra is a prophetess who is given both a blessing and a curse by the Greek god, Apollo.  She is blessed to be able to see the future, but cursed because no one believes her prophecies.  She sees the looming destruc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12302471">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 17 23:53:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 17 23:54:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[the story of helen of troy - only from the women's point of view.  anyone who enjoys mythology will love this wonderfully re-written tale.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 28 21:59:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 28 22:00:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again, a great account of the battle of Troy from a woman's point of view.  Cassandra wasnt' so crazy after all, was she?!]]></body>
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