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Caroline Alexander
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The War That Killed Achilles Main edition
Caroline Alexander
Various empires have admired it as a book that in telling the story of the siege of Troy also extols the warrior ethic, and teaches the young how to die well. Yet the figure at the heart of the epic, the consummate warrior Achilles, is a brooding, controversial hero.
320 pages, Illustrations, maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 6, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571234301 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 128 × 196 × 21 mm · 348 g |
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