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Original Title:	The Firebrand
ISBN:	0451459245 (ISBN13: 9780451459244)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Ajax (Greek hero), Helen of Troy, Menelaus, Paris, Hector of Troy, Achilles (Greek hero), Priam, Cassandra (of Troy), Andromache, Briseis, Hecuba, Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), Agamemnon
Setting:	Troy

The Firebrand

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Paperback | Pages: 608 pages

Rating: 4.06 | 9457 Users | 436 Reviews

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Title	:	The Firebrand
Author	:	Marion Zimmer Bradley
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 608 pages
Published	:	May 6th 2003 by Ace Books (first published 1987)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Mythology

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Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War-reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra-priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.

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Ratings: 4.06 From 9457 Users | 436 Reviews

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I'm always up for an alternate point of view story, and Cassandra/Kassandra is a character from the story of the Trojan War who has the potential to be very interesting - a prophetess whose words are believed by no one. Unfortunately, Bradley likes to bludgeon the reader with her particular brand of feminism, i.e., things were better in that mythical time when everyone worshiped the Earth Mother, and woman should be free to take on consorts as they please, since men are all such jerks anyway.



This book started with an interesting premise, weaving in the myths of greece in a tale of real lives, but soemthing wasn't working for me. I got about half way through the book before I figured it out. The main character, and all the charachters, actually, are not logical, in that the author makes them do things and have reactions that aren't true to their characters, just to move the story along. They don't stay true to how she originally portrays them to be and it makes it confusing for the

Sometimes I think this "star" system is faulty. I gave this book five stars because I absolutely adore it and have read it 8329432423 times, but I'm not sure it's actually that good. All I know is that as a classical history nut who spent all her college years (and two post-grad years) studying ancient history, i go all heart-eyes for this book. it's the Trojan War told through the eyes of the women, and i love it because my favorite characters have always been the women -- Kassandra,

Based on the legend of Helen of Troy, Firebrand follows the life of Kassandra from princess to Amazon warrior, priestess, captive, and mother. This is an interesting historical fiction.

Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Firebrand is an excellent book, and one that I look forward to rereading again at some point in time. This novel, at just over 600 pages, tells the story of the Trojan War from the perspective of Kassandra the Prophetess, one of the daughters of Priam and Hecuba, the king and queen of Troy. Zimmer Bradley does a terrific job of incorporating the commonly accepted mythological elements of all of the major characters in the novel, including several of the gods and

I love the premise: a feminist retelling of the myth of the Trojan War from the point of view of Kassandra (the prophetess cursed by Apollo so that no one will believe her predictions) and a tale of the clash between the patriarchal gods of Olympus and the ancient Earth Mother. And what I got from the novel relating to these things, I mostly liked, but there is just too little in that vein, and a lot of it is a bit simplified and without nuance.Moreover, the novel drags before diving head first