Barry Strauss

Praise for The Trojan War

Imaginative, sympathetic and plausible

Bettany Hughes

An exciting tale written in a lively style that brings Homer's heroes and the world in which they lived to vibrant and colourful life

Donald Kagan

Strauss's brilliant interweaving of the mythic and the modern archaeological records makes for exhilarating [...] reading

The Scotsman

Imaginative, sympathetic and plausible

Bettany Hughes

An exciting tale written in a lively style that brings Homer's heroes and the world in which they lived to vibrant and colourful life

Donald Kagan

Strauss's brilliant interweaving of the mythic and the modern archaeological records makes for exhilarating [...] reading

The Scotsman

Imaginative, sympathetic and plausible

Bettany Hughes

An exciting tale written in a lively style that brings Homer's heroes and the world in which they lived to vibrant and colourful life

Donald Kagan

Strauss's brilliant interweaving of the mythic and the modern archaeological records makes for exhilarating [...] reading

The Scotsman