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Described as 'by far the most readable and enjoyable study of how Helen herself might have been rooted in memories of how women in the Bronze Age, Bronze Age queens might have lived.' The host references it as having been mentioned in a previous episode and quotes from it extensively regarding Bronze Age evidence for queens, cosmetics, and the portrayal of aristocratic women.

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Tom mentions this book when discussing Helen's physical appearance, noting that Bethany Hughes wrote 'a wonderful book on Helen of Troy, both as myth and the possible history that might lie behind her'