Homer-Haunted: The Many Afterlives of an Ancient Poet, 'beautiful and strange' Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics

'It's rich and beautiful and strange' Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics

'This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you're as hooked on Homer as they were' Frank Skinner

'Every page is an illuminating joy' A. N. Wilson

'An endlessly generous book' Daisy Hay

This is the story of how two ancient epics captured the world's imagination.

The siege of Troy and Odysseus' long voyage home have inspired many of our most thrilling and radical poets. Henr...