![]() ![]() The book describes how a young queen is won by the greatest hero of the time, Achilles, and her ensuing life with him. In reality the book is telling the history of the events leading up to the downfall of Troy, rather than the actual event itself. This book is not the type of book that can be read in one sitting, instead it is one that the reader can settle into over the course of time, since it reads much like a personal history book, rather than the story of the destruction of Troy. At the ripe age of thirteen, Briseis is already prophesying of future events, and surprisingly enough, her prophesies are being taken seriously. The book tells the story of the fall of Troy, from a woman's perspective, and not just any woman, but a queen, a seer, a young woman who supposedly conversed with the gods. The man who stole her heart was Paris, a son of Priam. ![]() The Daughter of Troy, authored by Sarah B Franklin, is not really a Greek tragedy in the sense that the Greeks won the war initiated when Helen left her husband behind, to travel to Troy, with her new lover. ![]()
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