Odysseus: The Oath - Book One

A man becomes a hero . . . As a young boy in Ithaca, Odysseus listens in wonder to his grandfather Autolykos, a man feared by many across the land as a ruthless fighter. He learns of his heritage and a lifelong passion is sparked: to become an adventurer and warrior. In Mycenae, he meets King Eurystheus and learns the terrible story of Hercules – the man with god-like strength who slaughtered his family and punished by the King to undertake impossible tasks to earn absolution. But is Eurystheus the man he says he is? When a child comes to Odysseus in the middle of the night, with another, very disturbing, version of what happened that fateful night, Odysseus embarks on the first of his extraordinary quests . . . So begins the epic story of Odysseus, the first of two volumes: an adventure of love, war, courage and heroism, weaving from a small rocky island in Greece, to the mighty fall of Troy.

Product details

• Authors: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2013
• EAN: 9780230769328
• ISBN: 978-0-230-76932-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives