Hercules: A Heroic Life
'An acute and often witty study of an enduring figure in European culture, and one that succeeds in raising fascinating questions about our notions of masculinity'Sunday Times'You learn something on every page, while being entertained by the witty telling and the writer's lightly worn erudition'Independent'Blanshard provides a fascinating commentary on how Hercules has been portrayed through thousands of years in art and literature, on stage and screen'Good Book Guide'Hercules - unchained!  Alastair Blanshard's brilliant exploration of this quintessential hero's life in myths is always quizzically engaging, and often uproariously entertaining' Paul Cartledge--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.