Homer's epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all times. In this fabulous retelling, based on the latest research on Ancient Greece and Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff charts the history of the Trojan War from its origins with the goddess Aphrodite and the golden apple, through Paris's abduction of Helen and the heroics of Achilles, Ajax and Hector. Finally, the cunning Odysseus conceives a plan to build an enormous wooden horse and bring the bitter siege to its fiery conclusion.

From the dust jacket of the 2004 reprint