Mighty Dead

The Mighty Dead is a magical journey of discovery across wide stretches of the past, sewn together by some of the oldest stories we have - the great ancient tales of Homer and their metaphors of life and suffering. In this provocative and enthralling book, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer still matters and how these vital, epic poems - with their focus on the eternal questions about the individual versus the community, honour and service, love and war - tell us how we became who we are.