Troy: Last War of the Heroic Age - Couverture souple

Sheppard, Si

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472801288 ISBN 13 : 9781472801289

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

When Paris, prince of Troy, ran off with Helen, wife of the king of Sparta, it launched the greatest war of the mythic age of Greece. Heroes and gods assembled on both sides, as the combined armies of Greece launched a siege that would last for ten years. During that time, famous heroes, such as Achilles, Ajax, and Hector, would find glory on the battlefield, before being cut down. Others, such as Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Aeneas, would survive the war, only to face even greater challenges afterwards. Thanks to the Iliad of Homer, and numerous other ancient sources, the story of the siege of Troy has survived over 3,000 years. In this new book in the Myths and Legends series, Professor Si Sheppard draws together all of these ancient writings to tell the complete story of the Trojan war, from the flight of the "face that launched a thousand ships" to the great wooden horse that brought the city to bloody ruin.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

London-born Si Sheppard completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees in New Zealand before receiving his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He is currently an associate professor of political science and international relations at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York, and has written several titles for Osprey focusing on the interrelationship between geography, technology, and strategy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472801288
• ISBN 13: 9781472801289
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Peña José Daniel Cabrera, Pinar Rocio Espin
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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