For more than a century, the golden treasures of Troy, found by Schliemann, the famous archaeologist who believed in Greek myths and went in search of the ancient city, with a ten-year siege of which began European history, have amazed the imagination of mankind. From the depths of millennia, legends about Helen the Beautiful, the mighty Achilles, the brave Patroclus and other heroes of the Trojan War have reached us. But did these extraordinary people really exist? Do historical events correspond to what is described in the myths?.. Historian Michael Wood, having examined a complex of archaeological, literary and historical data, offers his view of the history of the Trojan War.