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The Song of Achilles

By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
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Bloomsbury presents The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, read by Frazer Douglas.

WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION
A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

'Captivating' DONNA TARTT
'I loved it' J K ROWLING
'Ravishingly vivid' EMMA DONOGHUE

Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper – despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.

'A book I could not put down' ANN PATCHETT
‘An exciting, sexy, violent Superman version of The Iliad’ GUARDIAN
‘Sexy, dangerous, mystical’ BETTANY HUGHES

©2011 Madeline Miller (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Ancient Fiction Historical Fiction Romance Royalty Heartfelt War Ancient History Ancient Greece
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The narrator is incredible! The story is beautifully written. The character development is great and I truly enjoyed listening to this book. So much life lessons and it’s well written.

Highly recommend

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Beautiful storyline, very addictive, lots of suspense, and good balance of romance
I enjoyed listening to Frazer Douglas, he told the story beautifully

beautiful

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Loved this book. I will definitely listen to this again. Beautifully written, well performed

This was beautiful

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I’m not much of a reader but this was so good. I could not recommend it enough.

So good it only took 3 days to read

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Truely an excellent story, well constructed and never waist if a moment to flesh out the world and the characters contained within. Heartbreaking and up lifting at the same time

Beautiful story of love and grief

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A pleasure to listen to from start to finish. Vivid imagery. Perfect narration. The story stays with you.

A fine listen.

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I will never forgive Madeline Miller for making me cry so much, fantastic author and beautiful story

beautiful and heart wrenching

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While listening, there were many moments of jaw-dropping awe of the similes. The narrator did justice to them (and to every word) with eloquence and mastery.

Sublime Writing; Exceptional Narration

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The story was absolutely amazing and it kept you intrigued the whole time. The performance was top notch and did a great job bringing life to all of the characters.

Great story

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Thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this novel. It was hard to stop listening at any point.

Great story and great narration.

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