Odyssey, 9780241486351
Hardcover
A hero’s perilous journey home, battling gods and mythical beasts.
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    432 pages

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    30 September 2024

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Summary

Odysseus: A Hero’s Perilous Journey Home

Troy has fallen, and Odysseus yearns for home: his wife Penelope’s embrace and the chance to guide his son, Telemachus. But the gods are capricious, and Poseidon’s wrath condemns him to a decade of wandering the seas.

Odysseus faces trials beyond imagination: encounters with cyclopean giants, monstrous hydras, treacherous storms, and the seductive allure of sirens and sorceresses. Tempted and tormented at every turn, his resolve is te…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241486351
ISBN-10:0241486351
Series:Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
Author:Stephen Fry
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Michael Joseph Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:30 September 2024
Weight:696g
Dimensions:242mm x 163mm x 38mm
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Critics Review

Odyssey completes his Greek Myths series in marvellous fashion… Fry, a born storyteller, succeeds again in making the ancient stories accessible, gently modernising the language and dotting his journey with explanatory and often amusing footnotes * Irish Independent *Relatable and full of humour … Odyssey brings [the] four-book sequence satisfyingly to a close * Guardian *Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books … Fry breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales. As with his previous titles, he combines scholarly research with a lightness of touch, and his wry sense of humour and natural gift for storytelling make for a highly engaging read * Observer *A sweeping, engrossing story * i *Imaginative * Daily Mail *The familiar narrative bounds along in a chatty style, coloured with mildly revisionist insights into the characters * Daily Mail *Accessible storytelling and Fry brings warmth, exuberance and humour. Hard to beat * Guardian *Praise for Stephen Fry’s Greek Myth retellings * - *A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods. Fry is at his story-telling best … the gods will be pleased * The Times *A head-spinning marathon of legends * Guardian *

About The Author

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars’ Tennis Balls - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos, Heroes and Troy, his retelling of the Greek myths, are all Sunday Times bestsellers.

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