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Author:

Elyot, Amanda.

Title:

The memoirs of Helen of Troy [text (large print)] : a novel / Amanda Elyot.

Format:

[text (large print)] :

Edition:

1st large print ed.

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

530 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Greeks--Turkey--Fiction.
Mythology, Greek--Fiction.
Trojan War--Fiction.
Large type books.
Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)--Fiction.
Troy (Extinct city)--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

Gossips began whispering about Princess Helen from the moment of her birth. A daughter of the royal house of Sparta, she was not truly the progeny of King Tyndareus, they murmured, but of Zeus, king of the gods. Her mother, Queen Leda, a powerful priestess, was branded an adulteress, with tragic consequences. To complicate matters, as Helen grew to adulthood her beauty was so breathtaking that it overshadowed even that of her jealous sister, Clytemnestra, making her even more of an outcast within her own family. So it came as something of a relief to her when she was kidnapped by Theseus, king of Athens, in a gambit to replenish his kingdom's coffers.

ISBN:

037572835X
9780375728358

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XFPB697 -- Stanton Public Library (Stanton)