Black Ships Before Troy
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad is a novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Alan Lee, and published (posthumously) by Frances Lincoln in 1993. Partly based on the Iliad, the book retells the story of the Trojan War, from the birth of Paris to the building of the Trojan Horse. For his part Lee won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognizing the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.
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| Author | Rosemary Sutcliff |
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| Illustrator | Alan Lee |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel, supernatural fiction, Greek mythology |
| Publisher | Frances Lincoln |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 128 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-7112-0778-3 |
| OCLC | 59341355 |
| 883/.01 | |
| LC Class | BL793.T7 S88 1993 |
| Followed by | The Wanderings of Odysseus |
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