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Working on a nineteenth-century excavation of the ancient ruins of Troy, Sophia, the young Greek wife of celebrated German archaeologist Heinrich Obermann, begins to become suspicious about her husband's secrecy about his past, especially when she finds a cache of artifacts that he had hidden away and a skeptical archaeologist visiting the site dies of a mysterious fever. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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In The Fall of Troy, acclaimed novelist and historian Peter Ackroyd creates a fascinating narrative that follows an archaeologist's obsession with finding the ruins of Troy, depicting the blurred line between truth and deception.Obermann, an acclaimed German scholar, fervently believes that his discovery of the ancient ruins of Troy will prove that the heroes of the Iliad, a work he has cherished all his life, actually existed. But Sophia, Obermann's young Greek wife, has her suspicions about his motivations — suspicions that only increase when she finds a cache of artifacts that her husband has hidden, and when a more skeptical archaeologist dies from a mysterious fever. With exquisite detail, Ackroyd again demonstrates his ability to evoke time and place, creating a brilliantly told story of heroes and scoundrels, human aspirations and follies, and the temptation to shape the truth to fit a passionately held belief.
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