The Walls of Windy Troy (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Marjorie Braymer
- First Published: 1960
- Time of Work: 1822–1890
- Setting: Germany, The Netherlands, the United States, Greece, and Turkey
- Principal Characters: Heinrich Schliemann, Sophia Engastromenos, Frank Calvert, Wilhelm Dörpfeld
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Language or languages, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Germany or German people, Greek or Roman times, Biography, Archaeology or archaeologists, Merchants, Apprentices, Trojan War, Bronze Age, Excavations
- Locales: United States, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Turkey
Form and Content
In The Walls of Windy Troy: A Biography of Heinrich Schliemann, Marjorie Braymer assesses Schliemann’s life. She recounts significant events in his remarkable rise from being a poor grocer’s apprentice in Fürstenberg, Germany, to becoming the wealthy and influential businessperson who rediscovered the Greek Bronze Age. Braymer describes how Schliemann fulfilled his destiny by following Homer. The artistry and force of Homer’s Iliad (ninth century b.c.) convinced him that historical truth lay behind the tale of the Greek heroes who attacked...
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