This allows her to show more control of her life and how motivated she was throughout her journey. For the Most Beautiful by Emily Hauser, 2016, Transworld Publishers Limited edition, in English.

This book removes a lot of the male assumptions of her character found in the original text and instead tells the story from her first person point-of-view. For the Winner For The Immortal For the Most Beautiful. Atalanta is a powerful character who is just as strong and determined as she is athletic. Most Recommended Books presents the Emily Hauser series written by Emily Hauser. We follow a retelling of the myth of Atalanta in her powerful run alongside Jason and the Argonauts in the search for the golden fleece. She followed that book up with For The Winner which takes the same approach to Jason and the Argonauts. Three thousand years ago a war took place that gave birth t. Three thousand years ago a war took place where legends were born: Achilles. This story manages to entwine the tales of these powerful women alongside Homer’s classic story. Read 197 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Read For the Most Beautiful by Emily Hauser available from Rakuten Kobo. Briseis is the loyal and passionate princess of Pedasus while Krisayis is the ambitious, determined daughter of the High Priest of Troy. This book gives you a look at the bronze age Trojan War through the eyes of two women. This is a continuation of Homer’s classic Illiad as it focuses on two important, but lesser known characters: Achilles’ ‘prize’, the girl Briseis, and Chryseis, the ‘prize’ of Agammenon. The first book in her Golden Apple Trilogy is For the Most Beautiful. I have always enjoyed reading historical fiction novels as it allows readers to get a glimpse into a world different from today, one which we have not explored.

She has won several prizes for her academic work, including the University of Cambridge Chancellor's Medal and the Alice Derby Lang Essay Prize at Yale. She then went to Harvard as a Fulbright Scholar and now teaches at Yale, where she is completing her PhD in Classics. If You Like Emily Hauser Books, You’ll Love… I was excited to be invited to take part in the blog tour for Emily Hauser’s debut novel, For The Most Beautiful. Emily Hauser studied Classics at Cambridge, where she was taught by Mary Beard.

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