I found the book made a pretty good case and of course dealt with the geographical problems of the Greek story
Yeah, but they found Troy.
They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor. -The Last Samurai
From what I have read the identification of the site relied on Priam's treasure that was identical with metal objects being made in Paris at the date of the discovery.
"The layer in which Priam's Treasure was alleged to have been found was assigned to Troy II, whereas Priam would have been king of Troy VI or VIIa, occupied hundreds of years later."
"Schliemann's oft-repeated story of the treasure being carried by his wife, Sophie, in her shawl was untrue. Schliemann later admitted making it up, saying that at the time of the discovery Sophie was in fact with her family in Athens, "
"There have always been doubts about the authenticity of the treasure. Within the last few decades these doubts have found fuller expression in articles and books.[4]"
"Uncertainty about the identification of Troy continued into modern times, and even Schliemann’s spectacular discoveries at Hissarlik did not end it. Several years after the publication of Troy and Its Remains, Professor R. C. Jebb, one of the foremost classicists of the age, proclaimed that Schliemann had not uncovered Homer’s Troy at all and, further, that it was vain to expect that a city such as Homer sang of lay hidden beneath the soil of the Troad. Hissarlik, in any case, could not accomodate any fortress on the scale envisaged by the poet: “The spatious palaces, and wide streets of the Homeric Troy point to a city totally different, both in scale and in character, from anything of which traces exist at Hissarlik.” " archaeology.blogsome.com/2007/05/11/