Bibliograph

The siege and fall of Troy, Robert Graves, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges

Type

Label

The siege and fall of Troy, Robert Graves, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The siege and fall of Troy

Oclc number

403796

Responsibility statement

Robert Graves, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges

Summary

This is a story of all the evils of war on a large scale - ambition, greed, cruelty, suffering, treachery, incompetence - and of the trifling of capricious gods

Table Of Contents

The foundation of Troy -- Paris and Queen Helen -- The expedition sails -- The first eight years of war -- Achilles quarrels with Agamemnon -- The Greeks win the advantage -- The Trojans win the advantage -- The camp endangered -- Achilles avenges Patroclus -- The wooden horse -- The sack of Troy -- The Greeks go home -- Odysseus's wanderings

Target audience

juvenile

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