![]() ![]() No man remembers when our walls had been built, it was so long ago, yet every man knows the story. Nor, Kalchas said, could flat Babylon compete, its height stunted by river mud, its walls like the work of children. The Egyptians had moved their stones with mortal hands, whereas Troy’s mighty walls had been thrown up by our Gods themselves. But then, he added, there was an extenuating circumstance: the Egyptians owned inferior Gods. Troy, he said, was more imposing, for it reared higher and its buildings housed the living, not the dead. The young priest Kalchas, sent to Egyptian Thebes during his novitiate, came back unimpressed by the pyramids built along the west bank of the River of Life. We are an in.įirst published in Great Britain in 1998 by Orion This eBook published in the UK in 201.Ĭontents Cover Welcome Page Display Options Notice Ma. Ībout the Author COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH was born in Wellington, New South W.Ī Letter from the Publisher We hope you enjoyed this book. Reviews ‘A powerful story told with the verve of a novelist and the com.Īlso by Colleen McCullough THE MASTERS OF ROME SERIES. Homer’s I.Ībout this Book It was a clash of arms that woul. Preview Read on for a preview of The world.ġ Having no personal commitment to either of the new consuls, Gaius Jul.Īuthor’s Afterword The sources for the tale of Troy are many. Epilogue The Fates of Some Survivors Agamemnon re. ![]()
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