Son of nobody : a novel /

"The most famous stories of the Trojan War and its aftermath are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. But these were not the only tales of the war sung to ancient audiences by bards-there were others, now vanished but for echoes and fragments, collected in what has come to be known as the Epic Cycle...

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Main Author: Martel, Yann (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2026]
Edition:First edition.
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