Books on Mycenaean Greeks / Greek Dark Ages?

[Shamash-Bel]

Anyone know any good books for information on these periods?

[Firescale Whack]

Are you looking for non-fiction or fiction? Not exactly what you are after but around the period is 1177BC by Eric H. Cline. I am reading it at the moment and it is very enthralling so far.

[Ragnar]

I would suggest starting Peter Connolly's "The Ancient Greece Of Odysseus" and also check out the Osprey titles, including the Myths and Legends range.

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

Michael Wood's "In Search of the Trojan War" is good.  An old book now, but a newer edition came out e few years ago.  Apparently it has some notes about more recent finds and research.

[LeadAsbestos]

Check out 'Age of Bronze' graphic novel series, the collected comics from Eric Shanower. A really well researched and entertaining retelling of the Trojan War.stories. Great visuals, very inspiring.

[Shamash-Bel]

Non-fiction or fiction, fantasy or otherwise, all works great. I'm using it as inspiration for a fantasy setting.

Thanks to everyone who's recommended stuff, I'm checking it out now.

[Emir of Askaristan]

Second vote for Peter Connolly - you'll get his stuff very cheap on amazon.
As an artist and reconstructive archaeologist he knew his stuff when it came to his book. Well worth purchasing or even just googling.

[gostgost]

Bronze Age Military Equipment by Dan Howard

[Freelancer]

David Gemmell's Troy series were a good read (well the last book was a bit shakey, but he died before finishing it so can probably be forgiven). They are heroic fiction, so take a few liberties with history, but are interesting interpretations on the heroes and causes of the Trojan War. I like his representation of Odysseus particularly.

[Leigh Metford]

The Osprey Elite series title 'The Mycenaeans', by my friend Dr Nic Grguric, based on his archaeology degree honours thesis, is a very thorough and reliable treatment of the subject written from a wargamer's perspective.

[armchairgeneral]

Osprey have brought out a more up to date book on the era.

https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/period-books/ancient-warfare/early-iron-age-greek-warrior-1100-700-bc

[WillieB]

David Gemmell's Troy series were a good read (well the last book was a bit shakey, but he died before finishing it so can probably be forgiven). They are heroic fiction, so take a few liberties with history, but are interesting interpretations on the heroes and causes of the Trojan War. I like his representation of Odysseus particularly.

Ah yes! Kalliades and Banokles.

[WillieB]

"Warrior in Bronze" by George Shipway is the only book I have ever read 4 times. It is set in the Trojan War era. I can recommend it as a great read as well as giving a feel for the period.

Looked very interesting but then I saw the price £105 at Amazon!

[zippyfusenet]

It might be worth the postage to order from Amazon US. The kindle edition is even more reasonable:

https://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Bronze-Agamemnon-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01401BOTK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505432436&sr=8-1&keywords=Shipway+warrior+in+bronze

[Mad Doc Morris]

For an easy read on the post-Mycenaean period I'd recommend "Henchmen of Ares" by Josho Brouwers. As a (fundamentally) reworked doctoral thesis it's based on actual research, yet aiming at a general audience. So neither notes nor in-depth academic discussion.
Given the author's involvement with Ancient Warfare Magazine there are a couple of issues dealing with pre-classical Greece. Just have a look at their back catalogue here.