Harry Mount's odyssey
Subtitle: ancient Greece in the footsteps of Odysseus
By: Harry Mount
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781472904676
Subjects: Travel; Civilization; Description and travel
Description: "In his Odyssey, eminent writer Harry Mount tells the story of ancient Greece while on the trail of its greatest son, Odysseus. In the charming, anecdotal style of his bestselling Amo, Amas, Amat and All That, Harry visits Troy, still looming over the plain where Achilles dragged Hector's body through the dust, and attempts to swim the Hellespont, in emulation of Lord Byron and the doomed Greek lover, Leander. Whether in Odysseus's kingdom on Ithaca, Homer's birthplace of Chios or the Minotaur's lair on Crete, Mount brings the Odyssey--and ancient Greece--back to life."--
Notes: Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-268).