Mini Classics. The Trojan Horse
The most famous trick in Greek mythology, retold for today’s young readers.
The Trojan War has dragged on for ten long years, with no winners and no end in sight. Hector is dead, Achilles is blinded by rage, and heroes clash without mercy on the battlefield. But according to an ancient prophecy, Troy cannot be conquered by force of arms. It will take a ruse, a stroke of cunning. It will take… a wooden horse.
- A timeless classic in a pocket-sized, modern, and accessible edition, perfect for introducing young readers to the greatest stories in world literature.
- A story retold by one of Italy’s most widely translated and internationally acclaimed authors.
An author whose books have been translated into 25 languages, in Italy Davide Morosinotto won the Super Andersen Prize in 2017 with Il Rinomato Catalogo Walker&Dawn (The Pocket Watch Gang), Mondadori, and the Strega Children’s Prize 2021 with La Più Grande (The Greatest), Rizzoli, with which he also entered the IBBY Honour List 2021. A finalist at the prestigious Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and winner of the Penzberger Urmel in Germany, he has also won the Prix des Bouquineurs en Seine and the Grand Prix des Lecteurs du Journal de Mickey in France, the Vlag en Wimpel and the Zilveren Griffel in Holland, the KJV in Flanders, the Protagonista Jove prize in Catalonia and he was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2022 in the United Kingdom.
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