Swords of Troy

I missed my stop reading chapter three. This feels effortless, weightless. Wonderful – Conn Iggulden, #1 SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerA brilliant retelling of the epic legend with real flesh and blood characterisation and Tony’s trademark descriptiveness that transports the reader directly to the setting and makes it feel real and lived in. Fine work from an historical novelist at the top of his game! – Simon Scarrow, #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestsellerAnthony Riches is a writer at the peak of his power. Swords of Troy is a superb retelling of one of history’s greatest stories, a masterful combination of scholarship and storytelling that places the reader in the battle line on the Trojan plain, sword in hand, with some of the great Heroes of the ages – Douglas Jackson, bestselling author of THE WALL

A gripping and vividly reimagined tale of Troy, told with the authority and flair of a master long steeped in martial stories of the ancient world

Anthony Riches holds a degree in Military Studies from Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become the first novel in the Empire series, Wounds of Honour, after visiting Housesteads Roman fort in 1996. Married with three grown up children, he now lives in Suffolk. He is also the writer of the ‘Protector’ thriller series.