THE ATTACK ON TROY
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THE ATTACK ON TROY (ebook)

RODNEY CASTLEDEN

$164.00
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PEN & SWORD MILITARY (ORM)
ISBN:
9781781596890
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Epublication content package
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Inglés
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Si

"A most insightful treatment of the seemingly mythic events that make up part of the foundation of Western history . . . an excellent book." —The NYMAS Review  Thirty-three hundred years ago, Agamemnon, king of Mycenae in Greece, attacked the city of Troy in western Anatolia. The bloody siege that followed gave rise to one of the most famous legends of the ancient world, and the search for the truth behind the legend has intrigued scholars ever since. In this fascinating new investigation, Rodney Castleden reconsiders all the evidence in order to establish the facts and give a historical basis to the most potent myth of ancient warfare.

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