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Ransom

A tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, "Ransom" is a retelling of one of the most famous stories in all of literature--Achilles's slaughter and desecration of Hector, and Priam's attempt to ransom his son's body in Homer's "The Iliad."

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  • "King Priam of Troy is desperate to reclaim the body of his son, Hector, who has been slain by Achilles, who is himself maddened by grief over the death od his friend Patroclus - Priam decides to speak humbly to Achilles as a man and a father - Based on part of Homer's Iliad."
  • "A revisiting of the Trojan Wars."
  • "A tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, "Ransom" is a retelling of one of the most famous stories in all of literature--Achilles's slaughter and desecration of Hector, and Priam's attempt to ransom his son's body in Homer's "The Iliad.""@en
  • "A tale of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, "Ransom" is a retelling of one of the most famous stories in all of literature--Achilles's slaughter and desecration of Hector, and Priam's attempt to ransom his son's body in Homer's "The Iliad.""
  • "A reimagining of the story of Priam's effort to claim the slain body of his son finds the grief-stricken Achilles striking out against Hector after the death of Patroclus during the siege of Troy, an act that results in a powerful confrontation."@en

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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Fables"
  • "Roman australien"
  • "Relationships"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Ransom [a novel]"
  • "Die Tapfersten der Söhne"
  • "Ransom"@en
  • "Ransom"
  • "Rescate"@es
  • "Rescate"
  • "Lösen"
  • "Io sono Achille"@it
  • "Io sono Achille"
  • "Die tapfersten der Söhne"
  • "Ransom : [a novel]"
  • "Une rançon : roman"
  • "Io sono Achille /David Malouf. Traduzione di Francesca Pe'"

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