- Mythology, Greek, Greek Mythology, Children's stories, Children's fiction
An account, based on Greek myths, of the beginning of the world and the forces that rule the universe and the destiny of man.
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Epic, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Leon Garfield, Leon Garfield
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 172
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co, Random House Children's Books, Corgi
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English, und
- ISBN
- 9780722650936
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Leon Garfield was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. Garfield's novels for children all have historical settings, mainly in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The novels were greatly influenced by both Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson. Garfield wrote his first book, the pirate novel _Jack Holborn_, for adult readers, but an editor saw its potential as a children's novel and persuaded Garfield to adapt it for younger readers. His second book, _Devil-in-the-Fog_, was the first of several historical adventure novels, typically set late in the eighteenth century and featuring a character of humble
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