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The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods
- A Tale of the Persian Wars
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Myth meets history in a blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars.
“The Persians are coming…” Hearing these words, Gorgo of Sparta is plunged into a dangerous world of vengeful gods and invincible heroes. For a mighty empire threatens Athens, Sparta and all who stand in its path... Calling on the ancient power to transform into a wolf and the blood of Zeus that runs through her veins, Gorgo must lead her nation in one of history's greatest wars. Multi-award-winning author Tom Holland and acclaimed illustrator Jason Cockcroft boldly weave myth and history in this dramatic tale of Greeks and Gods.
Gripping and powerful, this extraordinary audiobook will be treasured by listeners young and old. Ideal for fans of Percy Jackson, Neil Gaiman and Kevin Crossley-Holland, and the mythical retellings of Madeline Miller, Pat Barker and Stephen Fry, this is an audiobook to be listened to again and again.
"A beautiful, immersive work of narrative history to treasure forever." WATERSTONES
"A glorious mixture–of history, fiction and thrilling legend, with pictures to swim the Hellespont for." SEBASTIAN FAULKS
"The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods is a wonder, as beautiful to look at as it is entrancing to read. Jason Cockcroft's illustrations are jaw-dropping, and Tom Holland's prose took me back to my own childhood introductions to these extraordinary mythological worlds in Roger Lancelyn Green's Tales of the Greek Heroes and Leon Garfield's and Charles Keeping's The God Beneath the Sea." FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE
"Tom Holland's masterly interweaving of myth, imagination and deep classical learning makes this an extraordinary treat ... Jason's illustrations are also magnificent, packed with talent and sensitivity ... It reminded me of my own favourite childhood books of Greek myth and The Iliad." AMANDA CRAIG
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- Kirsty
- 09-09-2024
History plus Gods
Gorgo has a great story to tell: tyranny and democracy in Athens, black broth, kings and helots in Sparta, culminating in Marathon, Thermopylæ and Salamis. She does it justice.
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