Black Ships Before Troy

“Rosemary Sutcliff’s superb retelling of the “Iliad.” ...Now reissued, it captures the romance, pathos and savagery of Homer’s Bronze Age epic.”—The Wall Street Journal

Frances Lincoln is proud to reintroduce the inaugural Greenaway award-winning Black Ships Before Troy. Rosemary Sutcliff brings Homer's epic poem The Iliad to life.
Frances Lincoln is proud to reintroduce the Greenaway award-winning Black Ships Before Troy.

Here is Homer's epic poem The Iliad, brought to life by Rosemary Sutcliff with all the skill of a master storyteller. Alan Lee's dramatic cover image hauntingly recreates the age of heroes in this introduction to the Greek classics--a book that should become part of every childhood.