<p>The Strongbox opens with the abduction of a woman to a foreign land and ends with the Rape of Europa.<br>Drawing in elements of Greek mythology, epic literature and recent history, this protean work gives shape to a cast of characters both ancient and modern, as they flit in and out of tales, their voices overlapping and interacting.<br>An unnamed girl is persuaded to leave behind her country and her childhood and travel to a warzone. Helen of...