Troy

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For ten years, from the heights of Mount Olympus, the gods kept watch on the Siege of Troy. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war and, aided by Eros's arrow, sends two sisters down a bloody path to an awful truth: In the fury of war, love strikes the deadliest blows.
The story of the siege of Troy and the steps taken by the goddess Aphrodite to bring life into the tragic city after ten years of battle.
Inside the ancient city of Troy, the cries belong to the women ofTroy who have seen their menfolk die and suffer before their eyes.This is the story of two sisters. Marpessa, the younger, isgifted with God-sight and can see the Immortals. She is handmaidento Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. Xanthe, kindand loving, tends the warriors in the Blood Room, where the woundedare carried in from the battle. Aphrodite, Goddess of Love,bored with the endless dreary war, decided to play with the two girls.
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.

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Editions

Troy

(1 January 2000, Perma-Bound Books, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 0605920826 ISBN-13: 9780605920828 - English
hardback

Troy

(17 March 2000, Scholastic, GBR [English])
ISBN-10: 0439014093 ISBN-13: 9780439014090 - English
Pages: 352

Troy (Unabridged on 8 CDs)

(2001, Books on Tape [English])
ISBN-10: 0739367579 ISBN-13: 9780739367575 - English
Audio CD

Troy

(16 February 2001, Scholastic, GBR [English])
ISBN-10: 0439992206 ISBN-13: 9780439992206 - English
Pages: 368

Troy

(1 May 2001, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trad, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 0152164928 ISBN-13: 9780152164928 - English
Pages: 352; hardback

Troy

(1 September 2002, Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limite, AUS [English])
ISBN-10: 1740308581 ISBN-13: 9781740308588 - English
Pages: 9; CD, Audio

Troy

(26 March 2002, Random House Audio Publishing Group [English])
ISBN-10: 0807205982 ISBN-13: 9780807205983 - English
Audio Book (Cassette)

Troy

(1 September 2002, San Val, Incorporated, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 0613552245 ISBN-13: 9780613552240 - English
hardback

Troy

(1 September 2002, Harcourt Paperbacks, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 0152045708 ISBN-13: 9780152045708 - English
Pages: 376; Size: 177 X 114; Paperback / softback

Troy

(1 September 2002, San Val, Incorporated, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 0606254528 ISBN-13: 9780606254526 - English
Pages: 358; hardback

Troy

(1 November 2003, Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limite, AUS [English])
ISBN-10: 1740945573 ISBN-13: 9781740945578 - English
CD, Audio

Troy

(1 January 2003, Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limite, AUS [English])
ISBN-10: 174094206X ISBN-13: 9781740942065 - English

Troy

(1 June 2004, Random House Audio Publishing, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 0807222887 ISBN-13: 9780807222881 - English
Pages: 368; Mixed media product

Troy

(1 May 2004, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trad, USA [English])
ISBN-10: 015205314X ISBN-13: 9780152053147 - English
Pages: 352; paperback

Troy

(1 December 2006, Scholastic, GBR [English])
ISBN-10: 0439950953 ISBN-13: 9780439950954 - English
Pages: 368; Size: 198 X 129; paperback

Troy

(5 June 2008 [English])
ISBN-10: 1435297164 ISBN-13: 9781435297166 - English
Pages: 352; Library Binding

Languages:
  • English (16)
    Countries: USA, GBR
    Bindings: hardback, Audio CD, CD, Audio, Audio Book (Cassette), Paperback / softback
    Publication years: 2000-2008
    Pages: 9-376

    See also

  • Grandfathers Journey (by Allen Say)


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