H. Allenger’s “Polyxena” enriches further the mythology genre
H. Allenger’s Polyxena combines romance, political machinations and war into a single book that gives the old, yet popular myth about Troy a fresh breath of life.
The book is filled with suspense all throughout, and Allenger’s does so with a masterful skill as a novelist.
Allenger flexes his literary skills by creating a complex world that melds the past and present events. Polyxena tells the tale of the eponymous daughter of King Priam of Troy. The heroine chronicles her eye-witness account of the events that lead up to the downfall of Troy from a first-person point of view.
The story takes place in the final months of the Trojan War. The heroine is called upon by her father to make an appeal to the Amazons to join the Trojans in their battle against the Greeks. Being the only royal princess, Polyxena must now abandon her role to take on a more urgent task.
During her stay with the Amazons, she learns to adapt to their customs and falls in love with Antiope, a chief commander in the Amazon army, and even takes part in their battle. After the Amazon warriors were defeated by the Greeks, Achilles escorts Polyxena back to Troy. However, the two now fall in love with each other and Polyxena struggles to hide it from everyone especially her family. In a tragic turn of events, Achilles is killed at the behest of her brother and servant.
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