QBD Reviews: The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Bloomsbury have added this beautiful edition of The Song of Achilles to their Modern Classics list this month! We all know the story of the hero Achilles, named greatest of the Greeks at Troy, who was brought low by the infamous weakness in his heel – or we think we do. Madeline Miller revisits this […]
Reviewsday: Circe by Madeline Miller
“Whatever you do, I wanted to say, do not be too happy. It will bring down fire on your head.” A lyrical reimagining of the myth of Circe, witch of Aiaia, with a feminist bent and gorgeously lush prose. Circe was born of Helios and Perse, then banished to the island of Aiaia in punishment. […]
