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The Song of Achilles

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Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles

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Illustrated by Julie Dillon

Introduced By Emily Wilson

Star-crossed romance and heart-pounding historical adventure meet in Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles. This special collector’s edition is introduced by classicist Emily Wilson and illustrated by Julie Dillon.

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Book Details

Production DetailsBound in printed and blocked cloth
Printed slipcase
Gilded top edge

Dimensions9 ½ inches x 6 ¼ inches

FontSet in Apollo

Pages352 pages

AuthorMadeline Miller

Illustrated byJulie Dillon

Illustration5 colour illustrations including one double-page spread
Black & white title page illustration

Publication Date07/05/2024

Editor's Notes

A literary phenomenon that paved the way for the current resurgance of mythological retellings, The Song of Achilles is both a captivating love story and a rousing adventure fantasy. Featuring illustrations by award-winning artist Julie Dillon, gilded top edges, a printed slipcase and an introduction by acclaimed classicist, author and translator Emily Wilson, this is a celebration of storytelling fit for the gods themselves.

When the young Prince Patroclus accidentally kills another boy his age he is exiled to the distant court of King Peleus. There he meets and befriends Achilles, the miraculous son of the King and sea goddess Thetis. As Patroclus and Achilles grow and train together, their bond deepens from boyish friendship to love. But he is Achilles – Aristos Achaion, the best of the Greeks – a man destined to be the greatest warrior in a land of heroes, and a legendary war waits for them on the horizon. Amidst the blood and the fury of Troy, Patroclus will face the destiny that awaits those who dare to love the god-touched.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Julie Dillon

Julie Dillon is an illustrator from the Pacific Northwest, whose clients include major book publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Tor, Penguin and HarperCollins. Since graduating in fine arts from Sacramento State University in 2005 her work has won numerous awards, including a Hugo for best professional artist, as well as Locus and British Fantasy awards for best artist.  For The Folio Society she has illustrated Lord Dunsany’s The King of Elfland’s Daughter (1912, Folio 2025) and The Song of Achilles (2011, Folio 2024) by Madeline Miller.

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Madeline Miller grew up in New York City and Philadelphia, and studied classics at Brown University. She taught Latin and Greek at high school while writing The Song of Achilles, which took her ten years, and won the Orange Prize for fiction. Miller’s next novel, Circe, appeared in 2018: it was an instant no. 1 New York Times bestseller and is being adapted for TV by HBO Max. Miller’s novels have been translated into 25 languages and her essays have been published in the Guardian, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

EEmily Wilson is a classicist, scholar and translator. She is renowned for her literary critical work on ancient literature and philosophy and its later receptions, and for her metrical translations of ancient Greek and Roman poetry. In 2017, her lyrical new translation of Homer's The Odyssey in iambic pentameter verse garnered widespread acclaim, as did her verse translation of The Iliad, published in 2023. She serves the Chair of the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also the College for Women Class of 1963 term professorship in the Humanities. Her contributions have significantly influenced contemporary understanding and appreciation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and their resonances in subsequent cultures.

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