In Search of the Trojan War

New. New Ships From Canada New No dust jacket as issued Sewn binding Paper over boards 272 p Audience: General/trade Book Description Tales of Troy and its heroes--Achilles and Hector, Paris and the legendary beauty Helen--have fired the human imagination for 3, 000 years With In Search of the Trojan War, Michael Wood brings vividly to life the legend and lore of the Heroic Age in an archaeological adventure that sifts through the myths and speculation to provide a fresh view of the riches and the reality of ancient Troy This gripping story shows why the legend of Troy forms the bedrock of Western culture and why its past is a paradigm of human history Wood's meticulous scholarly sleuthing yields fascinating evidence about the continuity and development of human civilization in the Aegean and Asia Minor With its 50 feet of debris resulting from constant rebuilding, human destruction, earthquake, and abandonment, the mound of Troy contains the beginnings and ends of new races and civi