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'Fascinating and richly illustrated. A FINALIST and highly recommended.'
The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Finalist in both the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards and the Wishing Shelf Book Awards.
Reluctant to fight at the Trojan War, Odysseus is whisked away from his home, where he becomes one of the great warriors and leaders.
But after he helps the Greeks to victory, he begins an amazing journey across seas and lands- facing monsters, giants, goddesses and magic, and still with the dream of arriving back to his wife and son.
Find out about who he meets along the way, and how this hero makes his dangerous journey, back to his palace.
Simon Spence
Simon Spence collaborated with Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham on the acclaimed memoirs Stoned (Vintage 2001) and 2Stoned (Vintage 2003), and then wrote his own book about Loog Oldham's legendary Immediate Records (Black Dog 2008). As a journalist, Simon has written features on popular culture for many publications, including the NME, The Face, iD, Dazed & Confused, the Independent, the Japan Times, and the International Herald Tribune. He lives in Manchester with his wife and three children.
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