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Title: The Siege of Troy by Greg Tobin ISBN: 0-7653-4872-1 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: Better than reading the Iliad in verse, but.....
Comment: The book is easily read and is a fairly faithful retelling of the Iliad by Homer. It does get a little tedious reading about everyone's geneology whenever a new character is introduced, only to have that character immediately killed off by one of the heroes after two pages of introduction.
I think the book would have been much better had it also included the story of the judgment of Paris which is the underlying reason for the Trojan War. As it is, the book starts mid-war on the shores of Troy. If the reader didn't already know the history from other background reading, a novice reader probably will be lost, not knowing why the war was started in the first place.
The biggest downfall of the book, in my opinion, is that I found at least two editing errors on just about every page! Missing letters, misplaced words, and incomplete words. I found the lack of editing and proof reading highly distracting and irritating.
Dubbed as a "Modern English Translation," I think it could have been better presented.
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Title: Troy C. 1700-1250 BC (Fortress, 17) by Nic Fields, D. Spedaliere, Spedaliere S. Sulemsohn ISBN: 1841767034 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Troy by Adele Geras ISBN: 0152164928 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title:National Geographic - Beyond the Movie - Troy ASIN: B0001J2K3K Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $20.48 |
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Title: Daughter of Troy: A Magnificent Saga of Courage, Betrayal, Devotion, and Destiny by Sarah B. Franklin ISBN: 0380818302 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title:In Search of the Trojan War ASIN: B0001KL5BW Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $34.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $33.98 |
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