num_pages: 224
description: This is the story of conflict and tragedy on Cyprus, an island inhabited by both Greeks and Turks. the Cypriotes hope to achieve enosis, union with Greece, at the expense of Turkish islanders. To this end a terrorist army, EOKA, has been formed. 17 year old Eleni has been expected to marry an Greek Cypriote, Phaethon, but she is puzzled and frightened by the change she sees in him after he joins the extremist EOKA group. She is drawn instead to Raphael, a young fisherman who is uninterested in nationalism and who helps her see beyond the hatred and tension which divide the island.
title: Shield of Achilles
titlecomplete: Shield of Achilles
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux