FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

Book ID/图书代码： 13160014B74170

English Summary/英文概要： The city of Troy is about to fall. And only two people know how to save it.

Three thousand years ago a war took place where legends were born: Achilles, the greatest of the Greeks, and Hector, prince of the Trojans. Both men were made and destroyed by the war that shook the foundations of the world. But what if there were more to the tale of these heroes than we know? What if there were a secret story, hidden in the pages of Homer? What if there were another, true legend of the Trojan War?

Now the true story of Troy is told for the first time. Krisayis, the ambitious, determined daughter of the High Priest of Troy, and Briseis, loyal and passionate princess of Pedasus, interweave their tales alongside the classic story of the rage of Achilles and the frivolous, terrifying, achingly humorous gods of Olympus. When Krisayis’ father tries to force her into the priesthood against her will, she decides to take her fate into her own hands and escape from Troy, only to be captured as a prisoner of war to the Greeks. Briseis’ husband, Mynes, is slain in front of her eyes by Achilles and she is forced to be his slave. What follows is a breathtaking tale of love and revenge, destiny and the determination to save their country as these two brave women, the heroes of the Trojan War and the gods come face to face in an epic battle that will decide the fate of Troy.

Full of action, tragic and soaring with hope, breathtakingly daring in its epic scope and the almighty battles of gods and men, this is the compelling, page-turning, timeless legend of the Trojan War at its very best.

Chinese Summary/中文概要：

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Awards/获奖情况："Once in a while something comes along that’s so utterly right, so necessary for now, that you wonder why nobody thought of it before. Emily Hauser’s stunning debut novel . . . brings ancient Troy wildly, raucously, passionately alive and tells at last the stories of those who really mattered." (MANDA SCOTT, bestselling author of Boudica and Into the Fire)

"A feast for the senses, richly described and effortlessly easy to read. It brings to life an ancient world long gone, and in so doing reminds us of the traumas and costs of war, which are sadly still so much a part of our world today." (MICHAEL SCOTT, presenter of Rome’s Invisible City)

"A delight from start to finish. Hauser’s fresh perspective on one of the great archetypal epics, in focusing on the marginalised women’s stories, makes for fascinating reading . . . a clever premise and a thoroughly enjoyable." (ELIZABETH FREMANTLE, author of Sisters of Treason)

"In her sparkling debut novel classicist Emily Hauser offers a fresh take on the old but living legend spun so artfully in Homer’s Iliad . . . tells a ripping good story." (PAUL CARTLEDGE, Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge)

"A brilliant re-imagining of the Iliad, faithful to the original yet completely accessible . . . the two young women at the centre of the drama are faithfully representative of their time and place yet feel compellingly contemporary . . . Emily Hauser has given us a lively new take on a classic." (TERRY HAWKINS, author of The Rage of Achilles)

About the Author/作者介绍： 埃米莉·豪瑟 (Emily Hauser)博士是埃克塞特大学古典与古史高级讲师，她的小说三部曲改编了希腊神话中的女性，其中包括《致最美丽的女人》(2016年，企鹅兰登书屋出版)《致胜利者》和《致不朽者》。曾撰写了关于荷马史诗中的性别、古代女性诗人以及她们在当代女性写作中的接受的文章；还与人合编了《读诗、写作体裁:英国诗歌与古典学术对话中的文学批评》(2018年，布卢姆斯伯里出版社)。她的最新著作是《古代爱情故事》(2023年，邦尼出版社)和《女性如何成为诗人:希腊文学的性别史》(2023年，普林斯顿出版社)。

作者参与了许多致力于古典接受研究和古典女性的组织和网络，包括女性古典核心小组（英国和美国）、开放大学的 CRSN（古典接受研究网络）、达勒姆古典音乐中心 接待处，波士顿大学古典传统研究所，布里斯托大学希腊、罗马和古典传统研究所，以及埃克塞特大学古典接待中心。 Hauser博士精通德语、法语、意大利语、希腊语并能阅读拉丁语。

Emily was born in the UK and has been studying Classics and the ancient world for over fifteen years. She read Classics at The University of Cambridge, where she earned a first class MA degree and was awarded the University of Cambridge Chancellor’s Medal for Classical Proficiency. After a year at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar, she is currently pursuing her PhD in Classics at Yale. Her PhD Dissertation, titled The Muse Tells Her Story: Classical Literary Women and Contemporary Fiction, explores the post-classical reception of ancient women like Helen of Troy and Sappho in modern novelistic fiction.

Emily’s debut novel, For the Most Beautiful, combines her passion for the ancient world with her love of writing and recreating the classical world for a modern audience. Emily is passionate about reaching out to people and inspiring them with her love of the ancient world. She writes a weekly blog for the UK Classical outreach project, Iris Online, has taught classes on Harry Potter and Classics to high school students through Yale University’s outreach programme, and her academic research on the Iliad has been published online and in scholarly journals. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA with her wonderful husband Oliver Hauser.

Format:HARDCOVER

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Goldmann in Germany acquired the rights in the trilogy in less than 24 hours, and rights has also been sold to Pegasus in US.

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