{"product_id":"songs-of-the-kings-1","title":"Songs of the Kings","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSongs of the Kings\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBarry Unsworth\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780525435242\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReissue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e353\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eA brilliant retelling of an ancient myth, \u003ci\u003eThe Songs of the Kings\u003c\/i\u003e offers up a different narrative of the Trojan War, one devoid of honor, wherein the mission to rescue Helen is a pretext for plundering Troy of its treasures. As the ships of the Greek fleet find themselves stalled in the straits at Aulis, waiting vainly for the gods to deliver more favorable winds, Odysseus cynically advances a call for the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter, Calchas the diviner interprets events for the reader, and a Homer-like figure called the Singer is persuaded to proclaim a tale of a just war to hide the corrupt motivations of those in power. But couched within the Singer's spin is a message at once timely and timeless: \"There is always another story. But it is the stories told by the strong, the songs of kings, that are believed in the end.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Songs of the Kings | Barry Unsworth | Paperback | 9780525435242 | Used: Like New | Folklore 1716661","offer_id":48750757019800,"sku":"1716661","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81zI4j9FHbL.jpg?v=1773947182","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/songs-of-the-kings-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}