Présentation de l'éditeur
The long siege is ended. Troy lies in ashes. The black ships of the Greek war-host set sail for home - but for King Odysseus of Ithaca, the return voyage holds hazards far greater than any he faced in the Trojan War. Homer's epic poem The Odyssey is transformed by Rosemary Sutcliff into a traveller's tale with a spectacular cast of magicians and monsters. This book is a sequel to her story of the Trojan War entitled Black Ships Before Troy. It includes a Greek pronunciation guide and a map of Odysseus' incredible journey.
Revue de presse
Sutcliff's rich, gutsy and often terrifying retelling of the Odyssey is brilliantly matched by the strength of Alan Lee's sinuous drawing and the subtle intensity of his palette. --The Guardian
Biographie de l'auteur
Rosemary Suttcliff was a matchless writer of historical fiction. She wrote for all ages from nine to ninety. She died in 1992 at the age of 71. ALAN LEE won the Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrations to Rosemary Sutcliff's Black Ships Before Troy, which was followed by The Wanderings of Odysseus. He illustrated the Centenary editions of J.R.R. Tolkien'ss The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and later adapted his vision of Middle Earth from page to celluloid in Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, winning an Oscar for Conceptual Design in 2004. he lives in Devon.
