Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford) 'A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer ? There's something that hits the mark on every page' Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman

Now in paperback, this takes the reader through Nicolson's love of Homer and why he believes this great, ancient poet still matters to us all in our search to understand what it is to be human. Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. '...breathes new life into an ancient adventure' "Observer"