All the outrageous daring that made Alcibiades the prodigy and scourge of ancient Athens springs vividly to life in the pages of this biographical novel. Destined to play both hero and villain in one of history's most fascinating dramas, the great general of the Peloponnesian War emerges here from t
The Armour of Achilles
โ Scribed by Glyn Iliffe
- Publisher
- Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 297 KB
- Edition
- UK
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1911591061
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โฆ Synopsis
The greatest battle needs the greatest of warriors
The siege of Troy is in its ninth year. But Troy still stands.
When Agamemnon is threatened with mutiny by disillusioned troops, he changes tactics. Ordering attacks on Troy's allies, he deprives the city of reinforcements, trade and supplies. Yet even this does not draw the Trojans out from behind their walls.
Meanwhile Odysseus, Eperitus and their men have become hardened soldiers. Odysseus just wants to return home to his island Kingdom of Ithaca. But while Agamemnon is still determined to revenge himself upon Troy for the theft of Helen by Paris, Odysseus is held by the oath that he himself created.
Eperitus too is tormented: sworn to protect the very man who murdered his daughter. As the war continues, Odysseus realises that sheer numbers will never overwhelm Tory. If he is ever to return home, then he must use cunning and guile to bring about its downfall...
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