{"product_id":"swords-of-troy-anthony-riches-9781399756396","title":"Swords of Troy","description":"\u003cb\u003eFROM AMONGST THE RANKS OF LEGENDARY HEROES, A NEW ONE WILL RISE.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor \u003cb\u003eLeonteus\u003c\/b\u003e, bastard son of the former king of Argos, the hegemon of \u003cb\u003eKing Diomedes\u003c\/b\u003e' bodyguard, his half-brother, is what he has trained for his entire life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the stability of the land of the Achaeans is suddenly rent in two by the abduction of \u003cb\u003eKing Menelaus\u003c\/b\u003e's queen, \u003cb\u003eHelen\u003c\/b\u003e, by a prince of Troy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/b\u003e, Menelaus's brother, calls on all the foremost men who, as Helen's suitors, swore allegiance to defend the man who won her hand a decade before. Honourable Diomedes answers that summons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hundred-thousand-man army of the Achaeans sail for war amidst ill-fated omens, destined either to reduce Troy's great walls to rubble, or die far from home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Leonteus, brother of a warrior king, comrade to the wily \u003cb\u003eOdysseus\u003c\/b\u003e, peerless but troubled \u003cb\u003eAchilles \u003c\/b\u003eand the grasping, self-centred Agamemnon, will find himself at the heart of the deadliest war ever fought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestseller and legend of historical adventure Anthony Riches comes a sensational new vision of the Trojan War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Riches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399756397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399756396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Anthony Riches","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50546416746751,"sku":"9781399756396","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/swords-of-troy-anthony-riches-9781399756396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}