Odysseus - The Oath Book 1

Odysseus: The Oath is the first book in Valerio Massimo Manfredi''s Odysseus epic. 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.

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A tantalizing story . . . This is a beautifully told tale, and fans of novels about the great characters of Greek mythology will relish the story and eagerly await the final volume. Booklist

Product details

• Authors: Valerio M. Manfredi, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Manfredi Valerio Massimo
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.07.2014
• EAN: 9781447231707
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-3170-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Pan Books; Odysseus; Odysseus
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Italienische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ancient Greece, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Historical adventure fiction, Myth & legend told as fiction, c 1000 BCE to start of CE period, BCE to c 500 CE, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction