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Message:: [QUOTE="IanG, post: 5352787, member: 109252"]There have been some very fine novels published over the last few years recasting the events of the Trojan War. I have noted your condition that there be at least some historical basis; whilst the Homeric poems describing the War are, of course, largely rooted in mythology archaeological evidence does show that Troy was destroyed in war twice, if not three times, before 1,000 BCE so there does seem to be a historical kernel of truth underlying the stories. I hope this is sufficient for you because the books mentioned below are really worth reading. Pat Barker's 'The Silence of the Girls' tells the events of Homer's Iliad from the perspective of women captured during the war. It was recently included in a 'best novels of the 21st century' list and I wouldn't argue with that conclusion, it's brilliant. Margaret Atwood's 'Penelopiad' is also great, revisiting the Odyssey from the perspective of Odysseus's left-behind wife, Penelope. Madeline Miller's best-selling 'Song of Achilles' is in similar vein. All of these authors have clearly done a great deal of research and in addition to the action that you seek give a vivid impression of life in Ancient Greece.[/QUOTE]