Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Bettany Hughes

Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

Bettany Hughes

512 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging reflective slow-paced

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For 3,000 years, the woman known as Helen of Troy has been both the ideal symbol of beauty and a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield.In her search for the identity behind this mythic figure, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes uses Home...

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