The Song of Achilles

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This is a breathtakingly original rendering of the Trojan War – a devastating love story and a tale of gods and kings, immortal fame and the human heart.

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**OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD**WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE INTERNATIONAL SENSATIONA SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘Captivating’ DONNA TARTT‘I loved it’ J K ROWLING‘Ravishingly vivid’ EMMA DONOGHUEGreece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper – despite the displeasure of Achilles’s mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.‘A book I could not put down’ ANN PATCHETT‘An exciting, sexy, violent Superman version of The Iliad’ GUARDIAN‘Sexy, dangerous, mystical’ BETTANY HUGHES

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Weight 0.256 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.8 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

352

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K