Troy / Stephen Fry

By:

Fry, Stephen

Language: English Publication details: London: Penguin, 2020Edition: 1st editionDescription: 415 pages, 20cmISBN:

9781405944465

Subject(s):

Fiction

DDC classification:

823.914 FRY

Summary: The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies. In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	823.914 FRY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	27.05.2025	698065
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	823.914 FRY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		698066

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies. In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today

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