Елена Троянская. Возмездие

Vpervye na russkom i͡azyke ėpicheskai͡a saga-retelling o zhazhde li͡ubvi i dushevnykh metanii͡akh Prekrasnoĭ Eleny, privedshikh k krovoprolitnoĭ Troi͡anskoĭ voĭne, rasskazannyĭ na dva golosa samoĭ Elenoĭ i proslavlennym geroem Akhillesom. V knige iskusno spleteny voedino obe storony konflikta: troi͡anskai͡a i akheĭskai͡a. Tochka zrenii͡a Eleny pozvoli͡aet chitateli͡u poni͡atʹ eë dushevnye terzanii͡a, osuzhdenie, s kotorym ona stalkivaetsi͡a so vsekh storon, i eë muchitelʹnye poiski togo, gde zhe kroetsi͡a eë istinnai͡a predannostʹ. Vzgli͡ad Akhilla otkryvaet zakhvatyvai͡ushchee ponimanie kampanii akheĭt͡sev, dobavli͡ai͡a povestvovanii͡u glubiny i balansa. Kto ona - bessmertnyĭ simvol krasoty ili zhenshchina, zaplativshai͡a neslykhannui͡u t͡senu za dar bogov?Roman "Elena Troi͡anskai͡a. Vozmezdie" sryvaet pozolotu s mifa, pokazyvai͡a zhenshchinu iz ploti i krovi, chʹë imi͡a stalo prokli͡atiem. Eshchë vchera dochʹ spartanskogo t͡sari͡a grezila o prostom zhenskom schastʹe - vstretitʹ geroi͡a i poli͡ubitʹ ego vsem serdt͡sem. No sudʹba raspori͡adilasʹ inache: ott͡sa zatravili do smerti, a Elena stala razmennoĭ monetoĭ v gri͡aznykh igrakh mikenskogo vladyki Agamemnona. Dostavshisʹ v zheny dobromu, no neli͡ubimomu Menelai͡u, ona zadykhaetsi͡a v zolotoĭ kletke braka, gde materinstvo - v ti͡agostʹ, a dom - ne ubezhishche, a ti͡urʹma. No vot, kogda toska stala neperenosimoĭ, poi͡avilsi͡a on, Paris, prekrasnyĭ troi͡anskiĭ t͡sarevich - voploshchenie eë mechty! Ne v silakh soprotivli͡atʹsi͡a, Elena otdalasʹ na voli͡u chuvstv, oni sbezhali v Troi͡u, i chto zhe?. . Vmesto togo chtoby podni͡atʹsi͡a na vershiny li͡ubvi, neschastnai͡a okunulasʹ v omut otchai͡anii͡a: blesti͡ashchiĭ vozli͡ublennyĭ okazalsi͡a falʹshivkoĭ, a eë podvig vo imi͡a li͡ubvi - rokovoĭ oshibkoĭ. V mifakh Elenu obvini͡ai͡ut: mol, imenno eë lit͡so stalo prichinoĭ pozhara, poglotivshego tysi͡achu korableĭ. No tak li prosta pravda o voĭne, gde kazhdyĭ uchastnik - i zhertva, i palach? Sʹi͡uzen Uilson, podarivshai͡a miru "Mestʹ Klitemnestry", vnovʹ ozhivli͡aet antichnostʹ, prevrashchai͡a legendu v pronzitelʹnui͡u istorii͡u o t͡sene svobody i predatelʹstve nadezhd.

For the first time in Russian, an epic retelling saga about the thirst for love and the spiritual struggles of the Beautiful Elena, which led to the bloody Trojan War, told in two voices by Elena herself and the famous hero Achilles. The book artfully weaves together both sides of the conflict: the Trojan and the Achaean. Elena's point of view allows the reader to understand her mental anguish, the condemnation she faces from all sides, and her painful search for where her true devotion lies. Achilles' gaze opens up a fascinating insight into the Achaean campaign, adding depth and balance to the narrative. Is she an immortal symbol of beauty or a woman who paid an unheard—of price for the gift of the gods?The novel "Helen of Troy. Retribution" tears the gilding off the myth, revealing a flesh-and-blood woman whose name has become a curse. Just yesterday, the daughter of the Spartan king dreamed of a simple female happiness — to meet a hero and love him with all her heart. But fate decreed otherwise: her father was hounded to death, and Elena became a bargaining chip in the dirty games of the Mycenaean lord Agamemnon. Married to the kind but unloved Menelaus, she suffocates in the golden cage of marriage, where motherhood is a burden, and home is not a refuge, but a prison. But then, when the longing became unbearable, he appeared, Paris, the beautiful Trojan prince — the embodiment of her dreams! Unable to resist, Elena surrendered to the will of her feelings, they fled to Troy, and what?. . Instead of rising to the heights of love, the unfortunate plunged into a pool of despair: a brilliant lover turned out to be a fake, and her feat in the name of love was a fatal mistake. In myths, Elena is accused of saying that it was her face that caused the fire that consumed a thousand ships. But is the truth about a war where every participant is both a victim and an executioner that simple? Susan Wilson, who presented "The Revenge of Clytemnestra" to the world, revives antiquity once again, turning the legend into a poignant story about the price of freedom and the betrayal of hopes.