As urgent and passionate as if told for the first time, Colleen McCullough re-tells the three-thousand-year-old tale of the Trojan War, a terrible saga of enduring love, abiding hate, vengeance, betrayal, honour and sacrifice.As the unforgettable story unfolds, the narrative passes from one character to another: Priam, King of Troy; the Greek princess Helen; the Trojan prince Paris; the haunted fighting machine, Achilles; the subtle and brilliant Odysseus; the Agamemnon, King of the Kings. But where does human folly end? And where does the pitiless retribution of the Gods begin?