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Published on: 2005-10-04
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In this lush, compelling novel of passion and loss, Helen of Troy, a true survivor, tells the truth about her life, her lovers, and the Trojan War. This is the memoir that she has written—her legendary beauty still undimmed by age.Gossips began whispering about Princess Helen from the moment of her birth. A daughter of the royal house of Sparta, she was not truly the progeny of King Tyndareus, they murmured, but of Zeus, king of the gods. Her mother, Queen Leda, a powerful priestess, was branded an adulteress, with tragic consequences. To complicate matters, as Helen grew to adulthood her beauty was so breathtaking that it overshadowed even that of her jealous sister, Clytemnestra, making her even more of an outcast within her own family. So it came as something of a relief to her when she was kidnapped by Theseus, king of Athens, in a gambit to replenish his kingdom’s coffers. But Helen fell in love with the much older Theseus, and to his surprise, he found himself enamored of her as well. On her forced return to Sparta, Helen was hastily married off to the tepid Menelaus for the sake of an advantageous political alliance. Yet even after years of marriage, the spirited, passionate Helen never became the docile wife King Menelaus desired, and when she fell in love with another man—Paris Alexandros, the prodigal son of King Priam of Troy—Helen unwittingly set the stage for the ultimate conflict: a war that would destroy nearly all she held dear.I learned that I was different when I was a very small girl: when the golden curls, which barely reached my shoulders at the time, began to turn the color of burnished vermeil. Your grandmother Leda, whom you never knew, told me that I was a child of Zeus. Since I thought my father’s name was Tyndareus, her words upset me. Seeing my pink cheeks marred by tears of confusion, my mother handed me a mirror of polished bronze and asked me to study my reflection. “Do you look like me” she asked.I nodded, noting in my own skin the exquisite fairness of her complexion, and her hair the same shade as mine that tumbled like flowing honey past the hollow of her back.“And do you resemble my husband Tyndareus” she said to me.I looked in the mirror and then looked again. For several minutes I remember expecting the mirror to show me my father’s face, but Tyndareus was olive complected where I was not, his nose like the beak of a falcon where my own was straight and fine-boned, and his cheekbones were hollow and slack where, even then, beneath a child’s rosy plumpness, mine were high and prominent.“It’s time for me to tell you everything,” my mother said . . .—From The Memoirs of Helen of TroyFrom the Hardcover edition. Everybody Behaves Badly Audiobook Lesley Blume Audible.com Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises Browse By Author: C - Project Gutenberg Caballero Fernn 1796-1877 De Faber y Larrea Cecilia Francisca Josefa Bhl; Wikipedia; La gaviota (Spanish) (as Author) La Gaviota A Spanish novel (English ... "Chapter Wise Summary Of The Story Of My Life By Helen ... "Chapter Wise Summary Of The Story Of My Life By Helen Kellen" Essays and Research Papers Helen of Troy - Wikipedia In Greek mythology Helen of Troy (Greek Heln pronounced ) also known as Helen of Sparta or simply Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda and ... Undercover soldier's memoirs shine a light on intelligence ... Undercover soldier's memoirs shine a light on intelligence war in Northern Ireland Sean Hartnett's tale of his time in the Army proves technology still can't replace ... Index to Subjects. Bartleby.com Index to Subjects : Reference: Quotations : Bartlett John. comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations 10th ed. Heinrich Schliemann - Wikipedia Heinrich Schliemann (German: [liman]; 6 January 1822 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and a pioneer in the field of archaeology. Peakirk Books - Rare used and out-of-print books Specializing in rare books out-of-print books used books secondhand books and other hard-to-find books. Browse By Title: M - Project Gutenberg Did you know that you can help us produce ebooks by proof-reading just one page a day? Go to: Distributed Proofreaders Poetry Book Society - The book club for poetry lovers The Poetry Book Society was founded by T S Eliot in 1953. We are a unique poetry society providing guidance and discounts on the very best contemporary...
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