Troy. The greatest legend in retelling. Fry S.

After the stories about the gods (“myth”) and the people (“heroes”), Stephen Fry continued his grandiose ancient cycle by the greatest tradition, which has been more than three thousand years old.

The story of three and its heroes is fresh and relevant to this day, even though we are separating us from her for centuries. The ten -year war, capturing at the turn of the XIII and XII centuries BC. e. All the eastern Mediterranean and the surroundings became, thanks to Homer and its Iliad, an inexhaustible source of inspiration for all Western civilization. The story of Troy is still determining our ideas about heroism, love, betrayal, revenge, cunning, disappointment, repentance, despair and generosity.

In his third volume of great ancient legends, Stephen Fry offers us a real novel in his most modern understanding is equally dynamic, exciting and touching to the very heart. Elena, Paris, Achilles, Patrol, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Priam, Hekuba, these and many other names have already become almost household names, but Fry gave this immortal symphony of voices and fate a brilliant and very modern sound.