Helen Plum Library

"When we think of the Greeks, what comes to mind first is likely to be the artistic and scientific achievements of the group of city-states led by Athens and Sparta around two and a half thousand years ago-a civilization that laid foundation for much of the arts, science, politics, and law throughout the developed world today. But the story of the Greeks is far more than the story of this classical civilization alone. Greek is one of only three languages,...

Acclaimed author Margaret George tells the story of the legendary Greek woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in this New York Times bestseller.
The Trojan War, fought nearly twelve hundred years before the birth of Christ, and recounted in Homer's Iliad, continues to haunt us because of its origins: one woman's beauty, a visiting prince's passion, and a love that ended in tragedy.
Laden with doom, yet surprising...

Patroclo, un joven príncipe torpe, sigue a Aquiles a la guerra, sin saber que los años siguientes pondrán a prueba todo lo que han aprendido, todo lo que aprecian. Y que, antes de que esté listo, se verá obligado a entregar a su amigo en manos de Fate. Ambientada durante la Guerra de Troya Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything...