The Fall of the Phoenix
The Fall of the Phoenix
Author: Daniel Kelly
Desc: The long siege of Troy the battles fought over it and the city's eventual capitulation and incineration are events which have often been retold since their first recitation by Homer. Seldom however will they have been narrated with such close attention to the minute particulars of battle to its reek and terror and pain as in this startling account by Daniel Kelly. Kelly looks minutely at every detail of archaic combat as well as at the lives and feelings shaped by it. His Troy is not only a scene of shining glory but also a grimy struggle for survival and mastery. And he introduces surprising questions: what if not everything in the Trojan war came to pass just as Homer tells us? What if the future of the Roman empire were hidden in the burning ashes of Troy's - and not in the way we might expect?