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<p><P>A stunning portrait of the Trojan War as told by the women of the besieged city of Troy</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>With exceptional grace and enormous energy, Geras (The Tower Room; Pictures of the Night) recreates the saga of the Trojan war from a feminist perspective, by delving into the hearts and minds of the women behind the scenes. The author plunges readers into the thick of the action to become intimately acquainted with both familiar mythological characters and the common folk around whom this retelling revolves. She focuses primarily on two orphaned sisters: Xanthe, caretaker of Andromache's child and a healer in the "blood room" where the injured men are taken, and Marpessa, Helen's favored assistant who can see the gods. The siblings are devoted to each other until Aphrodite reeks havoc in their lives, causing them to fall in love with the same wounded soldier. Although Xanthe nurses young Alastor back to health, he chooses instead soft-spoken Marpessa to be his lover, despite the fact that his mother has already arranged for him to be married to a girl of higher standing. While jealousy rends the bond between sisters, the fighting outside the city walls cont

Who reads Troy?

Author

Adèle Geras, Adele Geras

Publisher

S.l.: HARCOURT INC

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781404641174

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

3.69 / 5 (3,542 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14