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Biografisk notat
Stephen Fry (Author)Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars' Tennis Balls - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos, Heroes, Troy and Odyssey, his retellings of the Greek myths, are all Sunday Times bestsellers.
Stephen Fry (Reader)
Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI, and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus and The Liar - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos and Heroes, his retelling of the Greek myths, are both Sunday Times bestsellers.
<i>Odyssey</i> completes his Greek Myths series in marvellous fashion. . . Fry, a born storyteller, succeeds again in making the ancient stories accessible, gently modernising the language and dotting his journey with explanatory and often amusing footnotes
Irish Independent
Relatable and full of humour . . . <i>Odyssey</i> brings [the] four-book sequence satisfyingly to a close
Guardian
<b>Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books </b>. . . Fry <b>breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales.</b> As with his previous titles, he combines scholarly research with a lightness of touch, and his wry sense of humour and natural gift for storytelling make for a<b> highly engaging read</b>
Observer
A sweeping, engrossing story
i
Imaginative
Daily Mail
The familiar narrative bounds along in a chatty style, coloured with mildly revisionist insights into the characters
Daily Mail
Accessible storytelling and Fry brings warmth, exuberance and humour. Hard to beat
Guardian
A <b>romp </b>through the lives of <b>ancient Greek gods</b>. Fry is at his <b>story-telling best </b>. . .<b> the gods will be pleased</b>
The Times
<b>A head-spinning marathon of legends</b>
Guardian
An <b>odyssey </b>through <b>Greek mythology.</b> <b>Brilliant </b>- <b>all hail Stephen Fry</b>
Daily Mail
Brought to you by Penguin.
The next book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey.
Follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes ten long dramatic years - battling monsters, the temptations of goddesses and suffering the curse of Poseidon - to voyage home to his wife Penelope on the island of Ithaca.
Praise for Stephen Fry's Greek Myths series:
'Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased' Times
'Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' Daily Mail
'A head-spinning marathon of legends' Guardian
'A rollicking good read' Independent
'An Olympian feat. The gods seem to be smiling on Fry - his myths are definitely a hit' Evening Standard
© Stephen Fry 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
<i>Odyssey</i> completes his Greek Myths series in marvellous fashion. . . Fry, a born storyteller, succeeds again in making the ancient stories accessible, gently modernising the language and dotting his journey with explanatory and often amusing footnotes
Irish Independent
Relatable and full of humour . . . <i>Odyssey</i> brings [the] four-book sequence satisfyingly to a close
Guardian
<b>Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books </b>. . . Fry <b>breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales.</b> As with his previous titles, he combines scholarly research with a lightness of touch, and his wry sense of humour and natural gift for storytelling make for a<b> highly engaging read</b>
Observer
A sweeping, engrossing story
i
Imaginative
Daily Mail
The familiar narrative bounds along in a chatty style, coloured with mildly revisionist insights into the characters
Daily Mail
Accessible storytelling and Fry brings warmth, exuberance and humour. Hard to beat
Guardian
A <b>romp </b>through the lives of <b>ancient Greek gods</b>. Fry is at his <b>story-telling best </b>. . .<b> the gods will be pleased</b>
The Times
<b>A head-spinning marathon of legends</b>
Guardian
An <b>odyssey </b>through <b>Greek mythology.</b> <b>Brilliant </b>- <b>all hail Stephen Fry</b>
Daily Mail
Brought to you by Penguin.
The next book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey.
Follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes ten long dramatic years - battling monsters, the temptations of goddesses and suffering the curse of Poseidon - to voyage home to his wife Penelope on the island of Ithaca.
Praise for Stephen Fry's Greek Myths series:
'Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased' Times
'Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' Daily Mail
'A head-spinning marathon of legends' Guardian
'A rollicking good read' Independent
'An Olympian feat. The gods seem to be smiling on Fry - his myths are definitely a hit' Evening Standard
© Stephen Fry 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Stephen Fry (Author)Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars' Tennis Balls - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos, Heroes, Troy and Odyssey, his retellings of the Greek myths, are all Sunday Times bestsellers.
Stephen Fry (Reader)
Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI, and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus and The Liar - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos and Heroes, his retelling of the Greek myths, are both Sunday Times bestsellers.