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Miller, Madeline

The song of Achilles / Madeline Miller. - First Ecco paperback edition. - 378, 30 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes a character glossary and additional section with author interview, information about the book and author essays.

Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.

Orange Prize for Fiction, 2012.

ISBN: 9780062060624 0062060627

Subjects--Personal Names:
Achilles (Mythological character) --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Trojan War--Fiction
Greeks--Turkey--Fiction

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Troy (Extinct city)--Fiction
Greece--History--To 146 B.C.--Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
War fiction
Historical fiction

LC Class. No.: PS3613.I5445 / S65 2012b

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6