Marion Zimmer Bradley
Paperback | Pages: 608 pages Rating: 4.06 | 9457 Users | 436 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Firebrand |
| Author | : | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 608 pages |
| Published | : | May 6th 2003 by Ace Books (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Mythology |
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Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War-reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra-priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.Point Books Concering The Firebrand
| Original Title: | The Firebrand |
| ISBN: | 0451459245 (ISBN13: 9780451459244) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Ajax (Greek hero), Helen of Troy, Menelaus, Paris, Hector of Troy, Achilles (Greek hero), Priam, Cassandra (of Troy), Andromache, Briseis, Hecuba, Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), Agamemnon |
| Setting: | Troy |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 9457 Users | 436 ReviewsRate Containing Books The Firebrand
I love the premise: a feminist retelling of the myth of the Trojan War from the point of view of Kassandra (the prophetess cursed by Apollo so that no one will believe her predictions) and a tale of the clash between the patriarchal gods of Olympus and the ancient Earth Mother. And what I got from the novel relating to these things, I mostly liked, but there is just too little in that vein, and a lot of it is a bit simplified and without nuance.Moreover, the novel drags before diving head firstSometimes I think this "star" system is faulty. I gave this book five stars because I absolutely adore it and have read it 8329432423 times, but I'm not sure it's actually that good. All I know is that as a classical history nut who spent all her college years (and two post-grad years) studying ancient history, i go all heart-eyes for this book. it's the Trojan War told through the eyes of the women, and i love it because my favorite characters have always been the women -- Kassandra,
Marion Zimmer Bradley has taken on a different myth with this book. Shes moved from her normal home of Avalon and the British Isles to the ancient city of Troy. This book focuses on the Princess Cassandra (in the novel spelled Kassandra) daughter of the Amazon Hecuba and King Priam. In mythology, Kassandra was crazy prophesying doom at every corner, with no one ever believing her. Bradley has chosen to look at this a different way her usual feminist/goddess worshipping way. Kassandras mother
Aaaand after almost a year, Im finally done with this book! This book has a slow slow pace and follows Kassandra from childhood through to what happens to her after the fall of Troy (spoilers, Troy falls!!). A very fascinating (and fictional) take on the world and characters, with different systems of worship, different Gods and Goddesses, different styles of rule with patriarchies and matriarchies. Overall, an interesting (and slowww) read, but not a particularly thrilling one.(view spoiler)[
There was a lot of enjoyable material in this book but it fails essentially on the point of evoking the period.I'm not saying that there was never a time that women ruled cities - there is evidence from a very early Neolithic settlement in Turkey that suggests that it may have been inhabited mostly by women and that men may have been visitors at but have spent most of their year either as herders or as hunters.That however, was the Neolithic. The site usually identified as Troy is very much a
This hook is written from the perspective of Kassandra, and shows a Trojan war from the female point of view, a terrible and avoidable catastrophe leading to degradation and mass slaughter, rape and the destruction of innoents.Hector and the other warriers are deluded in their male notions of honour and glory, Agamemnon a brutal destroyer, Akhilles more or less a psychopath, finally toppled by the death of Patrokoles into madness,capable finally of a terrible act of necrophylia. Of the women,
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