LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
A great gift for myth-obsessed readers, and highly recommended for school libraries, Tom Holland’s The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods: a Tale of the Persian Wars presents an epic tale of otherworldly gods and human heroes and heroines, superbly enhanced by Jason Cockcroft’s stylishly dramatic illustrations.
Narrated by Gorgo, a Spartan queen who declares that she has come to tell “a story unlike any that has been told before. It is the story of the greatest war ever fought”, this is a re- telling of the highest order. Boldly brimming with action and emotion, the tale begins when Gorgo dreams of a “monstrous” wolf as her mother lies dying. A wolf that brings her “home to Sparta for a reason”, she infers.
After her mother’s last words warn that “Danger is coming”, a new world of brutal battles is unleashed — with Sparta under fierce threat, Gorgo invokes the blood of Zeus and wolfish power to lead her nation.
Driven by drama, this dazzling conjuration of an against-the-odds defeat of a mighty invader melds myth and history to tremendous effect.
Joanne Owen
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The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods: A Tale of the Persian Wars Synopsis
A blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars from multi-award-winning author of Rubicon and Persian Fire Tom Holland, lavishly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft.
The Persians are coming
Hearing these words, Gorgo of Sparta is plunged into a dangerous world of vengeful gods and invincible heroes. For a mighty empire threatens Athens, Sparta and all who stand in its path... Calling on the ancient power to transform into a wolf and the blood of Zeus that runs through her veins, Gorgo must lead her nation in one of history's greatest wars.
Multi-award-winning author Tom Holland and acclaimed illustrator Jason Cockcroft boldly weave myth and history in this dramatic tale of Greeks and Gods.
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9781406394740 |
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4th May 2023 |
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Tom Holland |
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Jason Cockcroft |
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Walker Books Ltd |
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Hardback |
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208 pages |
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Press Reviews
Tom Holland Press Reviews
Featured in the Season Highlights for the Bookseller's Spring 2023 Children's Buyer's Guide - the Bookseller
'A beautiful, immersive work of narrative history to treasure forever.' - Waterstones
'A glorious mixture – of history, fiction and thrilling legend, with pictures to swim the Hellespont for.' - Sebastian Faulks
'The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods is a wonder, as beautiful to look at as it is entrancing to read. Jason Cockcroft’s illustrations are jaw-dropping, and Tom Holland’s prose took me back to my own childhood introductions to these extraordinary mythological worlds in Roger Lancelyn Green’s Tales of the Greek Heroes and Leon Garfield’s and Charles Keeping’s The God Beneath the Sea.” - Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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About Tom Holland
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author and presenter of the acclaimed podcast "The Rest is History". He is the author of Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History; Persian Fire, his history of the Graeco-Persian wars, won the Anglo-Hellenic League’s Runciman Award in 2006. Tom Holland is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s “Making History”, and he has written and presented a number of TV documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4.
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