The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller5/28/2023 Nothing strikes a false note in her intricately created world.' - The Guardian 'Not least of Miller's achievements is to reanimate this vision of the divine in prose that is simultaneously modern and true to its source.' - Tom Holland, The New Statesman 'Miller's prose is more poetic than almost any translation of Homer. 'Only the finest of historical novelists are able to adequately convey the sheer strangeness and otherness of the past, particularly the ancient past. 'A more than worthy winner - original, passionate, inventive and uplifting.' - Joanna Trollope, chair of the judges for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 'A masterful re-telling of The Iliad, but looking at the hidden stories and the shadows beneath' - Kate Mosse, The Sunday Express It's a hard book to put down.' - Donna Tartt, The Times As great a retelling of Homer's epic Iliad as you will find.' - The Daily Mail
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