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Article: McLaren, Clemence. Inside the walls of Troy; a novel of the women who lived the Trojan War.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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McLAREN, Clemence. Inside the walls of Troy; a novel of the women who lived the Trojan War. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 208p. 0-689-87397-2. JSA*
This absorbing tale of lust, romance, greed, and betrayal stars Helen of Troy, the woman whose face launched a thousand ships. The story opens when the legendary beauty is a marriageable 12-year-old, with suitors already clamoring for her hand, and relates her subsequent kidnapping by Theseus of Athens, then her passionless arranged marriage to Menelaus, which results in the birth of a daughter. Six years later comes the destiny-changing moment when Helen meets Paris, her equal in both beauty and self-centeredness. Their ...