The Anger of Achilles, 9780140455601
Paperback
Wrath, war, and revenge: Achilles’ fury will doom them all.

The Anger of Achilles

the iliad

  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    12 January 2009

Summary

Achilles’ Fury: A Retelling of The Iliad

War is raging between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles, the great warrior champion of the Greek army, is angrily sulking in his tent and refusing to fight, after a row with his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan king Hector kills Achilles’ beloved friend, he plunges back into the battle to seek his bloody revenge - even though he knows it will bring about his own doom.

Robert Graves’s gripping, vigorous retelling of The Iliad p…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140455601
ISBN-10:0140455604
Series:Penguin Classics
Author:Robert Graves
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Edition:1st
Release Date:12 January 2009
Weight:145g
Dimensions:1mm x 1mm x 1mm
About The Author

Robert Graves

Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.

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