num_pages: 184
description: s/t: The Story of Heinrich Schliemann &amp; the Buried Cities of Ancient GreeceThe eccentric tycoon who set out to uncover buried TroySon of a lecherous Mecklenburg pastor he started life as a grocers boy.He made three fortunes and had an income of £1500000 a year at forty.In youth he renounced the company of women, making do with hairdressers' wax models examined hungrily through shop windows.His first wife was a frigid neurotic and his second (selected from a photograph) was only seventeen and took her dolls with her on her honeymoon.He was cantankerous, litigious and quarrelsome - but he has won lasting fame for his discoveries in the buried cities of Ancient Greece.His name was Heinrich Schliemann. Here is his extraordinary story.
language: English
title: The Gold of Troy
titlecomplete: The Gold of Troy
genres: Biography, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 71
publisher: Robert Hale Ltd