Robin Waterfield, Kathryn Waterfield

The Greek Myths

Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Greek myths contain some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all human history - and here they are brought to life in a vivid retelling.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quercus
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9781780877488
• ISBN-10: 178087748X
• Artikelnr.: 36612234

Autorenporträt

Robin Waterfield is an internationally acclaimed scholar and author, whose publications range from abstruse academic articles to children's fiction. He has worked as a lecturer, editor and publisher before taking up writing full time. He has about forty books to his credit, with most of his later work cantering on academic works aimed at intelligent lay readers. His most recent books are Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia and the End of the Golden Age (Faber; Harvard) and Why Socrates Died (Faber; Norton; McLeland & Stewart). Kathryn Waterfield (Dunathan) is a writer specializing in Greek history. Formerly with the University of South Florida and the Tampa Museum of Art, she now makes her home with husband, classicist Robin Waterfield, in the remote southern Peloponnese in Greece. The Greek Myths is the Waterfields' first collaboration.

Rezensionen

'A magnificent new book which explains and retells some of the most thrilling stories in human history' Lancashire Evening Post. Lancashire Evening Post