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The song of Achilles / Madeline Miller.

By: Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2017Description: 352 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781408891384
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813 23
Summary: Greece in the age of heroes. Awkward young prince Patroclus has been exiled to the court of King Peleus. despite their differences, Peleus's golden boy Achilles befriends the shamed prince. As they grow into young men, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother, the sea goddess Thetis. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfil his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him. - Book cover.
List(s) this item appears in: New Acquisitions Autumn 2021
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Loanable Book Library General Collection 813 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000437252

Originally published: 2011.

Winner of the Women's prize.

Bloomsbury Modern Classics edition.

Greece in the age of heroes. Awkward young prince Patroclus has been exiled to the court of King Peleus. despite their differences, Peleus's golden boy Achilles befriends the shamed prince. As they grow into young men, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother, the sea goddess Thetis.
But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfil his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him. - Book cover.

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