Walls of Wilusa: A Novel of Survival During the Trojan War

This is not a retelling of the Iliad, Homer’s marvelous classic of the Trojan War. It is the backdrop, but a sprinkled backdrop as it depicts just a few major events. For three millennia, children, families, moviegoers, and scholars have thrilled over the epic battles of kings, heroes, gods, and goddesses. This story is about the other people—farmers, metal workers, bakers, and pornai, who lived in and around Troy, and who fought to survive the onslaught of the Greek armada as it invaded th...