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For The Most Beautiful
For The Most Beautiful
hardback | English
Published:
28 January, 2016
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780857523143 |
| ISBN10 | 0857523147 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 716 g |
| Product Dimensions | 167 x 28 x 232 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Doubleday |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
Once in a while something comes along that's so utterly right, so necessary for now, that you wonder why nobody thought of it before. Emily Hauser's stunning debut novel ... brings ancient Troy wildly, raucously, passionately alive and tells at last the stories of those who really mattered. -- MANDA SCOTT, bestselling author of Boudica and Into the Fire A feast for the senses, richly described and effortlessly easy to read. It brings to life an ancient world long gone, and in so doing reminds us of the traumas and costs of war, which are sadly still so much a part of our world today. -- MICHAEL SCOTT, presenter of Rome's Invisible City A delight from start to finish. Hauser's fresh perspective on one of the great archetypal epics, in focusing on the marginalised women's stories, makes for fascinating reading ... a clever premise and a thoroughly enjoyable. -- ELIZABETH FREMANTLE, author of Sisters of Treason In her sparkling debut novel classicist Emily Hauser offers a fresh take on the old but living legend spun so artfully in Homer's Iliad ... tells a ripping good story. -- PAUL CARTLEDGE, Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge A brilliant re-imagining of the Iliad, faithful to the original yet completely accessible ... the two young women at the centre of the drama are faithfully representative of their time and place yet feel compellingly contemporary ... Emily Hauser has given us a lively new take on a classic. -- TERRY HAWKINS, author of The Rage of Achilles
Author's Bio
Born in Brighton and brought up in Suffolk, EMILY HAUSER studied Classics at Cambridge, where she was taught by Mary Beard, and completed a PhD at Yale University. She is now a Junior Fellow at Harvard University. For the Most Beautiful - the first book in the Golden Apple trilogy - was her debut novel and retells the story of the siege of Troy. Her second, For the Winner, is a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta and the legend of Jason, the Argonauts and the search for the Golden Fleece.