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Lindsay Clarke

Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, in 1939, Lindsay Clarke was the only child of Clara Clarke and Victor Metcalfe Clarke, a stoker in a cotton-mill. He was educated at Heath Grammar School in Halifax and at King’s College, Cambridge. The landscape of hills, moors and crags around Halifax informed the growth of his imagination, while King’s refined his sensibility and sharpened his intellect. Lindsay has been married twice: from 1961 until 1970, to Carolyn Sara Pattinson (1940–2000), who was mother to their daughter and only child, Madeleine, and again in 1980 to the ceramic artist, Phoebe Clare Mackmin (1940–2016). Lindsay’s working life has been devoted to his two principal passions, writing and education. In both contexts he has tried to put the power of the creative imagination – in both its inventive and compassionate aspects – into the service of the radical evolution of consciousness, which he believes is seeking to happen in these transitional times. His first novel Sunday Whiteman was shortlisted for the David Higham First Novel Award; his second The Chymical Wedding was awarded the Whitbread Prize for Fiction in 1989 and his latest novel The Water Theatre was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin International Literary Award. His novels have been translated into many languages, and in 2014 he was awarded a Civil List Pension in recognition of his services to literature.

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Title:

The War at Troy

Series:

The Troy Quartet #2

Written by:

Lindsay Clarke 

Read by:

Jonathan Keeble 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

7 

Duration:

8 hours 45 minutes 

Published:

October 01 2020 

Available Date:

October 01 2020 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9780655693222 

Genres:

Fiction; Historical Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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Award winning author
UK Author

Vigorous new life is breathed into the myth's of Homer's Iliad in Lindsay Clarke's new dramatic retelling of the wars fought for the Bronze Age City of Troy.

Bringing ancient myth to life with passion, humour and humanity, Lindsay Clarke vividly retells the story of Troy and of the heroes who fought there. Enraged by the betrayal of Helen and Paris, Menelaus and his brother, the High King Agamemnon, gather their allies and set out to conquer the city of Troy. Aboard their ships and behind the city’s walls are figures whose names and deeds echo through history – the wily strategist Odysseus, the Trojan champion Hector and the fiercely proud, impetuous warrior Achilles.

‘An engaging retelling of the whole story, neatly blending mythic archaism with modern psychodrama and satire.'
Mary Beard, Guardian

‘Wonderfully clear and dramatic.'
The Observer