Illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith
Introduced by Bernard Knox
Translated by Robert Fagles
Homer’s epic poem relating a bloody clash of powers transcends the centuries in the hands of translator Robert Fagles, and is transformed into an exceptional collector’s edition by Folio.
As palaces are set ablaze, swords clash and lives are lost, it is impossible not to be moved by Homer’s 2,500-year-old descriptions of battle. In fact, never has the all-consuming power of war been more forcefully conveyed than in his spine-chilling epic, The Iliad.
Presented in a beautiful, quarter-bound buckram binding, this renowned translation by Robert Fagles is eloquent and accessible, drawing new readers and those familiar with the text into the heart of the ferocious ten-year war. As befits the era, Grahame Baker-Smith’s illustrations play with mythological allusion, while Bernard Knox discusses the Homeric tragedy and the nuances of this translation in an introduction that ensures this edition should be on every collector’s shelf.
Quarter-bound in blocked buckram with printed cloth sides
Set in Monotype Centaur
688 pages
Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations
Printed map endpapers
Blocked slipcase
10˝ x 6 ¾˝
Beautiful illustrations!
Review by JOHN SMITH on 29th April 2025
Love Folio books
Review by Shawn Donnelly on 2nd January 2025
What can I say, beautiful book, well made and beautifully designed.
Review by Rich on 25th December 2024
It’s the Illiad.
Review by CHRISTOFOROS LAZARIDIS on 13th December 2024
beautiful and great quality
Review by Lara on 13th November 2024
Written more than 2,500 years ago, The Art of War remains the most famous military treatise of all time. Sun-tzu’s collection of precepts on strategic warfare has yet to be surpassed.
The Silk Roads is Peter Frankopan’s revolutionary world history told from the perspective of the East: a beautiful, illustrated Folio edition of an international bestseller.
Folio’s fabulous limited edition of the first great military history has been expertly handbound in full-grain leather. Featuring illustrations by Nick Hayes and an exclusive introduction by Katherine Harloe, each of the 750 numbered copies has been signed by both contributors.
The greatest quest ever written is published as a stunning Folio edition that pairs Robert Fagles’s renowned translation with the illustrations of Grahame Baker-Smith.
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