Odysseus: The Journey Through Hell, Book 2
by Tony Robinson, Richard Curtis
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From two acclaimed British comedians, a humorous reimagining of the Odyssey for young readers.It has taken ten long years to win the Trojan War and now, Odysseus, the victorious leader, wants nothing more than to return home to his wife and son.What he doesn't know is that the journey ahead will take another ten years--and the journey through Hell is only the beginning...Odysseus: The Journey through Hell is the second in an outrageously witty three book Greek myth series, which also show more includesOdysseus: The Greatest Hero of Them All and Theseus: The King Who Killed the Minotaur. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Odysseus: The Journey Through Hell, Book 2
- Original publication date
- 1987
- Dedication
- For my mum and dad, who got me educated proper, and for lovely Aoife and both her lovely legs.
Richard
For Mary, "sweet as the sight of land to the storm-tossed sailor,"
Tony - First words
- For ten long and terrible years the City of Troy lay under siege – the Trojans trapped inside, the Greeks camped outside unable to break in.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Odysseus flung it into the bushes and set off down the hill to start again.
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- Fiction and Literature, Picture Books, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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