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The Song of Achilles
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The Song of Achilles Paperback - 2012

by Miller, Madeline

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  • Title The Song of Achilles
  • Author Miller, Madeline
  • Series P.S.
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 7/29/2012
  • Condition New
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ecco, New York
  • Date 2012
  • Bookseller's Inventory # WELLER9780062060624
  • ISBN 9780062060624 / 0062060627
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5.2 x 1 in (19.56 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Sex & Gender: Gay
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, War stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011275637
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller’s monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction’s brightest lights—and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.

From the rear cover

Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful-- irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.

They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.

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  • New York Times Book Review, 09/16/2012, Page 28

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