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    The Secret Life of Helen of Troy
    The Secret Life of Helen of Troy
    The Secret Life of Helen of Troy
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    The Secret Life of Helen of Troy

    By John Erskine

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    A fictionalisation of the secret life of Helen of Troy, the woman whose beauty caused the fabled Trojan War.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAUK Classics
    Release dateJun 15, 2012
    ISBN9781781666067
    The Secret Life of Helen of Troy
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    John Erskine

    John Erskine was an American educator, author, pianist, and composer. He was an English professor at Amherst College from 1903 to 1909, then Columbia University from 1909 to 1937, as well as the first president of the Juilliard School.

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