Troy (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

This is the story of Troy, but with a difference. All the well known and much loved characters are present, and the author's portrayals of Helen and Andromachy in particular are sensitive and well thought out. But the story is also told from the points of view of five innocent civilions living in the city, and the story of Troy is often told through their eyes. They are strong and deeply human characters, and the author sticks most faithfully to the story. All the characters, hero and civilion alike are at the mercy of the gods, and the story of the war is cleverly interwoven with the lives of the every day characters.
The inevitable climax of the book is handled with skill and makes for a powerful and moving story that will haunt the reader long after they have closed the book. A job very well done.

The legend of Troy is fairly well known. Prince steals King's wife (the most beautiful woman in the world), so he sends 1000 ships to get her back. This sets off a 10 year war, ending with the famous Trojan horse incident and the fall of Troy.
That's the point of view you always hear it from. But this story is talking about some of the people caught up in the fighting. The girls, Xanthe, Marpessa and Polyxena, and the men, Alastor and Iason. It's a lovestory, an action adventure. It's like the perfect film, but making it a film would probably spoil it as you could never get such feeling and imagination from moving pictures as you can with print and paper.

The book Troy is about the Trojan people who must suffer from the Gods and Goddesses meddling with others lives to make theirs more interesting. Although it starts slowly, Adele Geras has moulded a masterpiece whilst still keeping to the infamous story of Troy and the Trojan - Greek war. When the reader comes to the story, Troy has been at war with the Greeks for 10 years and is a city imprisoned within its own walls. Every day the men go out to the plain to fight, whilst their wives wonder if they will ever see them again. Troy is mainly focused on the women of Troy and their many struggles. Xanthe is a nursemaid to Hector's son and works in a place where injured soldiers are taken, the blood room. When she cares for Alastor, an injured soldier, Eros shoots an arrow into her heart and she instantly falls in love with him. Alastor seems to take more of an interest in her sister Marpessa though. She works in Helen and Paris' palace, and has an ability to see the Gods and Goddesses, but having this ability doesn't stop her from being shot in the heart with a love arrow from Aphrodite. Toy mainly focuses on these on the story between these two and their lives within the city. With the story of love and war these two girls, along with the more famous Trojan characters such as Helen, Paris, Hector, Andromache, Achilles, Odysseus and the Gods and Goddesses come together well in this fantastic book. If you don't already know the story of Troy then it doesn't matter because Adele Geras cleverly gives you everything that you need to know. If you do know the story then there is no need to worry that you already know the story then there is no need to think that you will already know the ending because it keeps you gripped until the end. Even though this story needs some perseverance at the start, I would recommend that you read this book when you have a lot of time because once you get into it then you will struggle to be able to put it back down!