The Siege and the Fall of Troy

Resumen del libro

For centuries, the ancient world was electrified by the story of the ten-year war that brought down the ancient city of Troy and destroyed the lives of countless Greek and Trojan warriors. In the modern world, according to Robert Graves, English literature, to be properly understood, calls for as close a knowledge of the Trojan War as of the Bible. Here are ambition, greed, cruelty, suffering, madness, treachery, jealousy, pride, and foolishness in abundance, a tale of woe that brings the ancient world into a modern context.

The ancient city of Troy was sacked sometime early in the twelfth century BC; The Iliad and The Odyssey were composed some four or five centuries later. But there were many other accounts besides Homer's, and Graves uses them all. His writing style is sleek, action- driven, and to the point. A great story like this deserves a great story-teller, and gets all that and more in Robert Graves.

Biografía del autor

Robert Graves es uno de los escritores británicos más importantes del siglo XX. Poeta, novelista y ensayista, nació en Londres en 1895 y murió en Deià (Mallorca), tras pasar allí dos tercios de su vida, en 1985. Publicó su primer libro de poesía a los 21 años, convaleciente de las heridas recibidas en la batalla del Somme, donde lo dieron por muerto. Fue catedrático de poesía en la universidad de Oxford, editor y autor de novelas como "Yo, Claudio", o "El conde Belisario" y ensayos como "La Diosa Blanca", "Los mitos hebreos" y "Los mitos griegos", todos ellos publicados en Alianza Editorial.