Thrillingly imagined and startlingly original, For the Most Beautiful reveals the true story of true for the first time. The story of Krisayis, daughter of the Trojans' High Priest, and of Briseis, princess of Pedasus, who fight to determine the fate of a city and its people in this ancient time of . Born in Brighton and brought up in Suffolk, Emily Hauser studied Classics at Cambridge, where she was taught by Mary Beard, and completed a PhD at Yale University. She is now a Junior Fellow at Harvard University. For the Most Beautiful — the first book in the Golden Apple trilogy — was her debut novel and retells the story of the siege of Troy/5. For the Most Beautiful—the first book in the Golden Apple trilogy—is her debut novel. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Start reading For the Most Beautiful on your Kindle in under a minute/5().
For the Most Beautiful. By Emily Hauser - Published Genres: Epic. Think of the tale of Troy. What names can you remember? Active men - Achilles, Paris. Passive women - Helen, only remembered for being beautiful;. For the Most Beautiful: A Novel of the Trojan War Emily Hauser. Pegasus (Norton, dist.), $ (p) ISBN Buy this book Instead of focusing exclusively on the kings, princes. If you've been gripped by Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls, then For the Most Beautiful is a must-read for you Three thousand years ago a war took place that gave birth to legends - to Achilles, the greatest of the Greeks, and Hector, prince of Troy. It was a war that shook the very foundations of the world.
You can read Emily’s piece below where you’ll get a taste for the unique quality of her writing. About For the Most Beautiful. Beautifully imagined and exquisitely written, For the Most Beautiful chronicles the defeat of Troy as you’ve never seen it before, through characters almost entirely disregarded in Homer’s Iliad. Among legends such as Achilles, Hector and Odysseus, walked the unsung heroines, famed for their beauty, yet wholly underestimated for their influence. For the Most Beautiful—the first book in the Golden Apple trilogy—is her debut novel. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Emily Hauser studied Classics at Cambridge, where she was taught by Mary Beard. She then went to Harvard as a Fulbright Scholar and now teaches at Yale, where she is completing her PhD in Classics. FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL by Emily Hauser United Kingdom (UK) January hardback; June , paperback. Published by Transworld, a division of Penguin Random House. United States (USA) January , hardback. Published by Pegasus Books.
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