Description

With fantastical creatures, including the voracious nymph Calypso and sorceress Circe. Back in Ithaca, Odysseus’s wife Penelope faces trials of her own: suitors keen to supplant the absent warrior. Homer’s epic poem, which follows on from The Iliad, stands as one of the founding pillars of Western literature.

Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world’s finest classic literature. These beautiful books are a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques. With wonderful original, detailed and embossed covers, sparkling gilt edges, cream art paper, ribbon markers and stitched binding they are simply the most beautiful classics ever published.