{"product_id":"wolf-girl-the-greeks-and-the-gods","title":"Tom Holland: Wolf-girl The Greeks And The Gods [2023] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyth meets history in a blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars from multi-award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRubicon \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePersian Fire\u003c\/i\u003e Tom Holland, lavishly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Persians are coming...\" \u003c\/i\u003eHearing these words, Gorgo of Sparta is plunged into a dangerous world of vengeful gods and invincible heroes. For a mighty empire threatens Athens, Sparta and all who stand in its path... Calling on the ancient power to transform into a wolf and the blood of Zeus that runs through her veins, Gorgo must lead her nation in one of history's greatest wars. Multi-award-winning author Tom Holland and acclaimed illustrator Jason Cockcroft boldly weave myth and history in this dramatic tale of Greeks and Gods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGripping and powerful, this extraordinary illustrated novel will be treasured by readers young and old. Ideal for fans of Percy Jackson, Neil Gaiman and Kevin Crossley-Holland, and the mythical retellings of Madeline Miller, Pat Barker and Stephen Fry, this is a book to be read again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful, immersive work of narrative history to treasure forever.\" WATERSTONES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A glorious mixture - of history, fiction and thrilling legend, with pictures to swim the Hellespont for.\" SEBASTIAN FAULKS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods \u003c\/i\u003eis a wonder, as beautiful to look at as it is entrancing to read. Jason Cockcroft's illustrations are jaw-dropping, and Tom Holland's prose took me back to my own childhood introductions to these extraordinary mythological worlds in Roger Lancelyn Green's \u003ci\u003eTales of the Greek Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e and Leon Garfield's and Charles Keeping's \u003ci\u003eThe God Beneath the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\" FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tom Holland's masterly interweaving of myth, imagination and deep classical learning makes this an extraordinary treat ... Jason's illustrations are also magnificent, packed with talent and sensitivity ... It reminded me of my own favourite childhood books of Greek myth and \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e.\" AMANDA CRAIG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holland, Tom \u0026 Cockcroft, Jason","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47225492078931,"sku":"XG81406394740","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":46499608494419,"sku":"9781406394740","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/holland-tom-cockcroft-jason-tom-holland-wolf-girl-the-greeks-and-the-gods-2023-hardback-1157152332.jpg?v=1745263897","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/wolf-girl-the-greeks-and-the-gods","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}