Mythology (75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition): Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes - Hardcover

Hamilton, Edith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316438529 ISBN 13: 9780316438520

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2017

Synopsis

This 75th anniversary edition of a classic bestseller is stunningly illustrated and designed to enchant fans of Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology at all ages.

Since its original publication by Little, Brown and Company in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial bestseller.
For more than seven decades readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the enchanting world of mythology -- from Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom. This deluxe, hardcover edition is fully-illustrated throughout with all-new, specially commissioned art, making it a true collector's item.

About this title

About the Author:

Edith Hamilton (1868-1963) was born of American parents in Dresden, Germany, and grew up in Indiana. Through the first quarter of the twentieth century she was the headmistress of the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. Upon retiring, she began to write about the civilizations of the ancient world and soon gained world renown as a classicist. Her celebrated and bestselling books include Mythology, The Greek Way, The Roman Way, and The Echo of Greece. She regarded as the high point of her life a 1957 ceremony in which King Paul of Greece named her an honorary citizen of Athens.
Jim Tierney studied illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0316438529
• ISBN 13: 9780316438520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384