GEORGE, MARGARET — Helen of Troy

New York, Viking. 2006, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0670037788) Hardcover. Book, A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face ''launched a thousand ships'' Daughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquitys bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for millennia. Now Margaret George, the highly acclaimed bestselling historical novelist, has turned her intelligent, perceptive eye to the myth that is Helen of Troy. Margaret George breathes new life into the great Homeric tale by having Helen narrate her own story. Through her eyes and in her voice, we experience the discovery of her divine origin and her terrifying beauty. While hardly more than a girl, Helen married the remote Spartan king Menelaus and bore him a daughter. By the age of twenty, the worlds most beautiful woman was resigned to a passionless marriage until she encountered the handsome Trojan prince Paris. And once the lovers flee to Troy, war, murder, and tragedy become inevitable." Large heavy volume[1.00 kg]. Fine/Near Fine - Slight Chips.