# The Songs of the Kings

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- Book: [The Songs of the Kings](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-unsworth/the-songs-of-the-kings) ([The Songs of the Kings.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-unsworth/the-songs-of-the-kings.md))
- Authors: [Barry Unsworth](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-unsworth)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-05-2543-524-2
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2017-11-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A brilliant retelling of an ancient myth, The Songs of the Kings offers up a different narrative of the Trojan War, one devoid of honor, wherein the mission to rescue Helen is a pretext for plundering...