Swords of Troy, (Hardcover)

<b>FROM AMONGST THE RANKS OF LEGENDARY HEROES, A NEW ONE WILL RISE.</b> <p>For <b>Leonteus</b>, bastard son of the former king of Argos, the hegemon of <b>King Diomedes</b>' bodyguard, his half-brother, is what he has trained for his entire life. </p><p>But the stability of the land of the Achaeans is suddenly rent in two by the abduction of <b>King Menelaus</b>'s queen, <b>Helen</b>, by a prince of Troy. </p><p><b>Agamemnon</b>, 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. </p><p>The 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. </p><p>And Leonteus, brother of a warrior king, comrade to the wily <b>Odysseus</b>, peerless but troubled <b>Achilles </b>and the grasping, self-centred Agamemnon, will find himself at the heart of the deadliest war ever fought. </p><p><b>From </b><i><b>Sunday Times </b></i><b>bestseller and legend of historical adventure Anthony Riches comes a sensational new vision of the Trojan War.</b></p>

• Swords of Troy, (Hardcover)
• Author: Anthony Riches
• ISBN: 9781399756396
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-11-17
• Page Count: 320