The Iliad - Homer. Penguin Clothbound Classics Childrens Books Mary Shelley returned to England

Mary Shelley returned to England and continued to travel and write until her own death at the age of fifty-three

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Original cloth bound cover has some wear and some fading to spine commensurate with age

Condition - Overall good vintage condition

The Iliad - Homer. Penguin Clothbound Classics Childrens Books Mary Shelley returned to EnglandDescription A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic, in E. V. Rieu's classic translation. The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and the cornerstone of Western culture. The story centres on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determine the fate of Troy. But Homer's