Word: helene
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...those who prefer novels, recommendations include "The Fourth Hand" by John Irving, "The Songcatcher" by Sharyn McCrumb, "Best Friends" by Martha Moody, "Never Change" by Elizabeth Berg, "Anil's Ghost" by Michael Ondaatje and both Bridget Jones books by Helen Fielding...
...scale "Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships" ($19.95; 224pg; Image Comics) merely tells the back story to Agamemnon's attack on Troy. But this includes the story of Paris, a shepherd who, upon learning he's the lost son of Troy's King Priam, lustily kidnaps Sparta's Queen Helen. Preparing to retaliate, Agamemnon spends three years scheming to gather the thousand ships and heroes prophesied as pivotal to victory. One of these, Achilles, has been hidden among the female charges of a minor king to protect him from his bloody fate. The book ends where most others would begin...
Shanower may not create the poetry of "The Iliad" but he tells a story in a straightforward, clean manner that will keep you reading through one sitting. To do it he gives the characters personalities: Paris as adolescent dumbbell, Helen as the ultimate trophy wife who remains stately even while succumbing to an absurd love, and Agamemnon, the opportunist who seeks to consolidate his power. Thus, inevitable historical events seem born out of human mistakes and desires. Throw in some PG-13 sex scenes and a few animal sacrifices, and you've got a good book...
...With reporting by Anthee Carassava and Helen Gibson with Blair, Hague and Kennedy
...while performing in a Shakespeare play, according to Binger, that Gwynne was discovered by Broadway actress Helen Hayes, who helped launch his Broadway debut in 1952, as a gangster in the play "Mrs. McThing...