The Private Life of Helen of Troy (book)

The Private Life of Helen of Troy[1] by John Erskine was a novel published in 1925 by Bobbs Merrill.

In the beginning, Menelaus - Helen's husband - leaves Troy in search of her and plans to kill her for all the trouble her beauty has caused.

[4] The book follows Helen's family and how she navigates friendships, her marriage, and parenting her children after what many in her life call, 'the scandal.'

Helen is a progressive woman by American standards in the 1930s, and would certainly be considered radical in ancient Greece.

The book was adapted into a silent film The Private Life of Helen of Troy in 1927, written by Gerald Duffy and directed by Alexander Korda.