Description: Award-winning poet Simon Armitage dramatizes the story of Troy, animating this classic epic for a new generation of readers.
Brief description: Simon Armitage is professor of poetry at the University of Leeds and poet laureate of the United Kingdom. He has published ten collections of poetry and is the author of four stage plays, over a dozen television films, a libretto, two novels, and three memoirs. His poetry has won numerous awards, including a Gregory Award, a Forward Prize, a Lannan Literary Award, and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
Review Quotes: Armitage has opted for an account which is pared to the blood-stained bone. Its great economy emphasizes the drama without sacrificing poetic allusion.-- "The Independent"