In Search of a Homeland The Story of the Aeneid |
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Author:
| Lively, Penelope |
Illustrator:
| Andrew, Ian |
ISBN: | 978-0-385-72937-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2001 |
Publisher: | Random House Children's Books
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Imprint: | Delacorte Books for Young Readers |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Taking his old father on his back and his young son by the hand, Aeneas flees the sacked city of Troy, entrusted by his goddess-mother, Venus, with a daunting mission: Find a new homeland for his people. It is an arduous journey. At every turn, unimaginable dangers await him: terrible monsters and giants; supernatural hazards sent by the enraged goddess Juno; and worst of all, an eerie, death-defying descent into the Underworld, where he will be allowed a glimpse of his Roman...
More DescriptionTaking his old father on his back and his young son by the hand, Aeneas flees the sacked city of Troy, entrusted by his goddess-mother, Venus, with a daunting mission: Find a new homeland for his people. It is an arduous journey. At every turn, unimaginable dangers await him: terrible monsters and giants; supernatural hazards sent by the enraged goddess Juno; and worst of all, an eerie, death-defying descent into the Underworld, where he will be allowed a glimpse of his Roman descendants' glorious future.