'I loved Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles - a tender story of love between men and the pressure of living up to the masculine ideal. 'Miller has combined scholarship with imagination to turn the most familiar war epic into a fresh, emotionally riveting and sexy page-turner.' - The Independent Nothing strikes a false note in her intricately created world.' - The Guardian GenresFantasyFictionMythologyHistorical FictionGreek MythologyRetellingsAudiobook. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday. 'Not least of Miller's achievements is to reanimate this vision of the divine in prose that is simultaneously modern and true to its source.' - Tom Holland, The New Statesman Madeline Miller 4.25 863,755 ratings85,542 reviews Want to read Kindle 11.99 Rate this book Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fantasy (2018) Light wear to the covers. 'Miller's prose is more poetic than almost any translation of Homer.
'Only the finest of historical novelists are able to adequately convey the sheer strangeness and otherness of the past, particularly the ancient past. 'A more than worthy winner - original, passionate, inventive and uplifting.' - Joanna Trollope, chair of the judges for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 'A masterful re-telling of The Iliad, but looking at the hidden stories and the shadows beneath' - Kate Mosse, The Sunday Express It's a hard book to put down.' - Donna Tartt, The Times Miller was also shortlisted for the 2012 Stonewall Writer of the Year. As great a retelling of Homer's epic Iliad as you will find.' - The Daily Mail
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