Eleanor's review
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad
by Rosemary Sutcliff, Alan Lee (Illustrator)
Eleanor's review
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff, Alan Lee (Illustrator)
Eleanor's review
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Excellent version of The Iliad for reading out loud. Illustrated by Alan Lee, famous for his illustrations of The Lord of the Rings books. The prose retains some recognizable elements of the original (there's the occasional simile about lions hunting their prey) while being obviously much more succinct (she takes only two or three sentences to describe the Shield of Achilles.)
This version encompasses more of the story than The Iliad: it begins with the quarrel between godesses that led to Paris absconding with Helen, includes the death of Achilles and the Trojan Horse, and ends with the fall of Troy.
This version encompasses more of the story than The Iliad: it begins with the quarrel between godesses that led to Paris absconding with Helen, includes the death of Achilles and the Trojan Horse, and ends with the fall of Troy.
