Best Seller
The War That Killed Achilles
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$27.00
Published on Sep 28, 2010 | 320 Pages
“Spectacular and constantly surprising.”
-Ken Burns
Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty, New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer’s masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.
-Ken Burns
Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty, New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer’s masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.
Author
Caroline Alexander
Caroline Alexander is the author of eleven books including the New York Times bestselling histories The Endurance and The Bounty, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and most recently Skies of Thunder. A classicist by training, Alexander has also published a critically acclaimed translation of the Iliad.
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