Book description
The bitch. Thats what the crew call me. The bitch. They say it behind
my back. But I can hear them. My names Helen, I was born in Sparta, but
I went away for love. They used to say I was the most beautiful woman in
the world. The minstrels are already making up stories about how little
Ive won and how much Ive lost. Lying tales. They werent there, after
all. But I was. From her childhood in Sparta, through the turbulent
years of her marriage, and of course her disappearance with Paris and
its consequences, Helen of Troy tells her own story. In a lyrical and
musical style, Helen sheds her legendary persona and walks from the page
as a real woman of flesh and blood; the archetype of all the women who,
throughout history, have followed their hearts, forsaking wealth and
power. The bitch. Thats what the crew call me. The bitch. They say it
behind my back. But I can hear them. My names Helen, I was born in
Sparta, but I went away for love. They used to say I was the most
beautiful woman in the world. The minstrels are already making up
stories about how little Ive won and how much Ive lost. Lying tales.
They werent there, after all. But I was. From her childhood in Sparta,
through the turbulent years of her marriage, and of course her
disappearance with Paris and its consequences, Helen of Troy tells her
own story. In a lyrical and musical style, Helen sheds her legendary
persona and walks from the page as a real woman of flesh and blood; the
archetype of all the women who, throughout history, have followed their
hearts, forsaking wealth and power.
