The Song of Achilles: A Novel
- By: Madeline Miller
- Categories Books , Adults & General Classification , Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Stock Availability: Out Of Stock
- ISBN: 9780062060624
- Total Pages: 416
- Available Book Formats: Paperback
- Year: 2012
Price:
JOD 14.00
An action packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page turner, Miller's monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction's brightest lights and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen Mc Cullough's Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes."A captivating retelling of The Iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it's a hard book to put down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation of the goddess Thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of antiquity