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Circe

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Experience The Odyssey from an entirely new perspective. In her reimagining, Madeline Miller brings the enigmatic Circe – a misunderstood goddess and a powerful sorceress – into the spotlight, transforming this male-centered classic into a bold, feminine adventure.

We've partnered with Julie Dillon, the brilliant artist behind the Folio edition of The Song of Achilles, to design a book worthy of a goddess, with a slipcase inspired by Greek black-figure pottery and six gorgeous illustrations featuring Circe in all her glory.

Born to a God but never quite belonging, Circe discovers her true power not in Olympus but in exile. Banished to a remote island, she hones her craft, defying the whims of Gods and men alike. Hers is a tale of transformation – of love and loss, vengeance and redemption. As heroes and monsters cross her path, from Odysseus to the Minotaur, she refuses to be a footnote in their stories. Instead, she writes her own legend, forging a destiny no one – God or mortal – could have foreseen.

Production Details

Bound in printed and blocked cloth
Gilded page tops
Printed slipcase

Dimensions

9½ inches × 6¼

Font

Set in Apollo

Pages

408 pages

Author

Madeline Miller

Illustrated By

Julie Dillon

Illustration

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

Publication Date

06/05/2025

Printing

First Printing

Madeline Miller

Circe

Name: Circe
SKU: CIRC
Price: 65 GBP
Availability: InStock
Author: Madeline Miller

£65

Madeline Miller spins the myth of Circe into a dazzling story of power, transformation and self-discovery. In this Folio edition, Julie Dillon’s gorgeous artwork captures every shimmering spell and heartbreak. In series with The Song of Achilles.

Illustrated By Julie Dillon

Perfect Additions

Madeline Miller

£65

Circe

£65

Production Details

About the Book

Bound in cloth printed and blocked with a wraparound illustration by Julie Dillon

Printed slipcase designed to echo the magic of Greek black-figure pottery

Five captivating colour illustrations, including a double-page spread, and a black-and-white frontispiece

Pages are gilded on the top edge

Introduced by the author Madeline Miller, with a new afterword exclusive to this edition

Typeset in Apollo

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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About the Author

Madeline Miller

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.

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