THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION; WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
Madeline Miller is the author of The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Women's Prize for Fiction, was shortlisted for the Stonewall Writer of the Year 2012, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and was translated into twenty-five languages. Miller holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, and she taught Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade. Her second novel Circe was a number one international bestseller and shortlisted for the Women's Prize. madelinemiller.com
A captivating retelling of the Iliad and events leading up to it
through the point of view of Patroclus: it's a hard book to put
down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation
of the goddess Thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of
antiquity
*The Times*
This is a deeply affecting version of the Achilles story: a fully
threedimensional man – a son, a father, husband and lover – now
exists where a superhero previously stood and fought
*Observer*
Extraordinary ... Beautifully descriptive and heart-achingly
lyrical, this is a love story as sensitive and intuitive as any you
will find
*Daily Mail*
I loved it
*J K ROWLING*
A remarkably fresh take on one of the most familiar narratives in
western literature
*The Times*
Mary Renault lives again! A ravishingly vivid and convincing
version of one of the most legendary of love stories
*EMMA DONOGHUE*
Original, clever, and in a class of its own ... an incredibly
compelling and seductive read
*Independent on Sunday*
Sexy, dangerous, mystical
*BETTANY HUGHES*
If I were to give a prize for the best work of fiction I've read
this year, this would be the runaway winner. As a first novel, it
heralds the arrival of a major new talent
*A.N. Wilson, Reader's Digest*
Original, passionate, inventive and uplifting
*JOANNA TROLLOPE*
An original page-turning homage to The Iliad … Miller’s prose is
vividly atmospheric, retelling the siege of Troy in all its heroic
devastation
*Marie Claire*
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