{"product_id":"9781405944724","title":"Troy : Our Greatest Story Retold","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Fry, Stephen (Audiobook Narrator), Fry, Stephen (Audiobook Narrator), \u003cbr\u003e Binding: CD-Audio \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 29\/10\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: ,\u003cbr\u003e Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Ancient Greece, Folklore myths \u0026amp; legends, Audiobooks\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781405944724\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrought to you by Penguin. Following the bestselling retellings of the Greek myths in Mythos and Heroes, Stephen Fry's bewitching third volume Troy - concerning love and war, passion and power - is now here. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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 and very bloody years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is Zeus, the king of the gods, who triggers the war when he asks the Trojan prince Paris to judge the fairest goddess of them all. Aphrodite bribes Paris with the heart of Helen, wife of King Menelaus of the Greeks, and, naturally, nature takes its course. It is a terrible, brutal war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Greek's most fearsome warrior, Achilles, argues with King Agamemnon, his commander, over another woman, the Trojan slave Briseis. The consequences lead to terrible tragedies. In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today. It is a myth in which we seek the truth about ourselves and which Stephen Fry brings breathtakingly to life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36900388962457,"sku":"9781405944724","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781405944724.jpg?v=1603819954","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781405944724","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}