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496 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781400041787
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House (NY)
Publication date: Not specified
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For 3,000 years, the woman known as Helen of Troy has been both the ideal symbol of beauty and a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield.In her search for the identity behind this mythic figure, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes uses Home...
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496 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781400041787
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House (NY)
Publication date: Not specified
Description
For 3,000 years, the woman known as Helen of Troy has been both the ideal symbol of beauty and a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield.In her search for the identity behind this mythic figure, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes uses Home...