The war that killed achilles: the true story of homer's iliad and the trojan war - caroline alexander

Spectacular and constantly surprising.

-Ken Burns Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization.

As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty , New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power.

In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homers masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.