The Aeneid by Virgil #foliosociety by turns mythological and journalistic

by turns mythological and journalistic

provocative and wildly endearing' Guardian 'Readably juicy and surreptitiously smart' Barbara Kingsolver

influential sorcerer to the king

This book stands as a reminder that us women really have been bad – in the best way possible – from the start

The Aeneid by Virgil #foliosociety by turns mythological and journalisticVirgil's masterpiece and one of the greatest works in all of literature, now in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford Smith. Virgil's Aeneid, inspired by Homer and the inspiration for Dante and Milton, is an immortal poem that sits at the heart of Western life and culture. Virgil took as his hero Aeneas, legendary survivor of the fall of Troy and father of the Roman race. In telling a story of dispossession and defeat, love and