by Peter Ackroyd · Random House · tapa dura · ISBN 9780701179113
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«The Fall of Troy» is the historical novel by Peter Ackroyd, published by Random House in hardcover (256 pages, in English).
During excavations of the Bronze Age site of Troy, the German archaeologist Herr Obermann seeks a Greek wife who knows Homer. Sophia, his young wife, soon begins to doubt his methods and his past. Forgeries, deceptions and the boundary between science and art underpin this exploration of truth and manipulation.
First edition, published in 2006. Categories: Literature & Fiction and History. Originally written in English.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in archaeology, classical mythology and stories of deceit and forgery.
Peter Ackroyd is an English novelist, biographer and critic with a specialist interest in the history and culture of London. He is noted for his "technically innovative novels", the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices, and the depth of his research.
