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The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters

Name: The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters
SKU: 9780007335534
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By (author) Adam Nicolson,

€15.40

Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)

‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman

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SKU: 9780007335534

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Achilles ancient archaeology Bronze Age World civilisation fiction gang culture god Greek Greek islands Heinrich Schliemann Homer Keats iliad Ireland Keats Mediterranean world Milman Parry myth mythological Odysseus Odyssey oral tradition origins of Europe poetry Roman Trojan horse voyage world

ISBN: 9780007335534

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 336

Dimensions: 12.9 × 2.6 × 19.8 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 336 pages
Dimensions 12.9 × 2.6 × 19.8 cm | 340
Publication Date 26 February 2015
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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About the author

Adam Nicolson

4 Published Books

Adam Nicolson writes a celebrated column for The Sunday Telegraph. His books include Wetland, Life in the Somerset Levels, Restoration, and the acclaimed Gentry. He is winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the British Topography Prize and lives on a farm in Sussex.

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