Name: Black Ships Before Troy
SKU: 48499450
Price: 33.03 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
ISBN: 9781847809957

Type

Physical Book

Author

Rosemary Sutcliff

Illustrated by

Alan Lee

Publisher

Frances Lincoln Childrens Books

Language

English

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

27.9x22.6x1.8 cm

Weight

0.82 kg.

ISBN13

9781847809957

Synopsis "Black Ships Before Troy"

Frances Lincoln is proud to reintroduce the Greenaway award-winning Black Ships Before Troy. Here is Homer's epic poem The Iliad, brought to life by Rosemary Sutcliff with all the skill of a master storyteller. Alan Lee's dramatic cover image hauntingly recreates the age of heroes in this introduction to the Greek classics--a book that should become part of every childhood.

Rosemary Sutcliff

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He traveled a lot in his childhood due to his father's status as a navy officer. An illness resulted in him living in a wheelchair for almost his entire life. He studied Art at Bideford school, and dedicated himself to painting miniatures until he began writing in 1950.

He wrote children's novels, adventure stories, biographies, and primarily historical fiction novels, characterized by their meticulous writing and high literary quality, with much delicacy and lyricism.

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