The songs of the kings

Barry Unsworth

earliest edition we have, 2002 W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 342 pages

"As the harsh wind holds the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis, frustration and political impotence turn into a desire for the blood of a young and innocent woman - blood that will appease the gods and allow the troops to set sail. And when Iphigeneia, Agamemnon's beloved daughter, is brought to the coast under false pretenses, and when a knife is fashioned out of the finest and most precious of materials,...

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The Songs of the Kings edition · 2004 · W. W. Norton & Company · 342 pages · 9780393322835
The songs of the kings edition · 2003 · Nan A. Talese/Doubleday · 338 pages
The songs of the kings edition · 2002 · Hamish Hamilton · 244 pages

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