It was also an educational read for me, as my background in all things Greek is woefully lacking. That being said, there’s no such thing as a bad Margaret George novel, in my opinion, and Helen of Troy is certainly a good one. Seems funny to me that a female author’s most intimate and intense portrayal of a historical character should be the one male character she wrote about, but that’s just the way I read them. I have to confess that while I’ve enjoyed every one of these novels, none has had the emotional impact of the Henry VIII one, lines and images from which still linger in my mind (although it may be that that’s the only one I’ve reread. Mary Queen of Scots, Cleopatra, Mary Magdalene … and now, Helen of Troy. I fell in love with George’s first blockbuster historical novel, The Autobiography of Henry VIII, and have read every one since.
Philippa Gregory is vying for entrance to the pantheon, but the jury is still out). Margaret George is one of my Goddesses of Historical Fiction (the other being Sharon Kay Penman.
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