Елена Троянская. Возмездие

Vpervye na russkom yazyke epycheskaya saga-retellyng o zhazhde lyubvy y dushevnykh metanyyakh Prekrasnoy Eleny, pryvedshykh k krovoprolytnoy Troyanskoy voyne, rasskazannyy na dva golosa samoy Elenoy y proslavlennym geroem Akhyllesom. V knyge yskusno spleteny voedyno obe storony konflykta: troyanskaya y akheyskaya. Tochka zrenyya Eleny pozvolyaet chytatelyu ponyat eyo dushevnye terzanyya, osuzhdenye, s kotorym ona stalkyvaetsya so vsekh storon, y eyo muchytelnye poysky togo, gde zhe kroetsya eyo ystynnaya predannost. Vzglyad Akhylla otkryvaet zakhvatyvayushchee ponymanye kampanyy akheytsev, dobavlyaya povestvovanyyu glubyny y balansa. Kto ona — bessmertnyy symvol krasoty yly zhenshchyna, zaplatyvshaya neslykhannuyu tsenu za dar bogov?Roman «Elena Troyanskaya. Vozmezdye» sryvaet pozolotu s myfa, pokazyvaya zhenshchynu yz ploty y krovy, chyo ymya stalo proklyatyem. Eshchyo vchera doch spartanskogo tsarya grezyla o prostom zhenskom schaste — vstretyt geroya y polyubyt ego vsem serdtsem. No sudba rasporyadylas ynache: ottsa zatravyly do smerty, a Elena stala razmennoy monetoy v gryaznykh ygrakh mykenskogo vladyky Agamemnona. Dostavshys v zheny dobromu, no nelyubymomu Menelayu, ona zadykhaetsya v zolotoy kletke braka, gde materynstvo — v tyagost, a dom — ne ubezhyshche, a tyurma. No vot, kogda toska stala neperenosymoy, poyavylsya on, Parys, prekrasnyy troyanskyy tsarevych — voploshchenye eyo mechty! Ne v sylakh soprotyvlyatsya, Elena otdalas na volyu chuvstv, ony sbezhaly v Troyu, y chto zhe?. . Vmesto togo chtoby podnyatsya na vershyny lyubvy, neschastnaya okunulas v omut otchayanyya: blestyashchyy vozlyublennyy okazalsya falshyvkoy, a eyo podvyg vo ymya lyubvy — rokovoy oshybkoy. V myfakh Elenu obvynyayut: mol, ymenno eyo lytso stalo prychynoy pozhara, poglotyvshego tysyachu korabley. No tak ly prosta pravda o voyne, gde kazhdyy uchastnyk — y zhertva, y palach? Syuzen Uylson, podaryvshaya myru «Mest Klytemnestry», vnov ozhyvlyaet antychnost, prevrashchaya legendu v pronzytelnuyu ystoryyu o tsene svobody y predatelstve 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.