Gilgamesh the Hero (Oxford Myths and Legends)

by Geraldine McCaughrean

David Parkins (Illustrator)

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A major publishing event - two of the UK's outstanding prize-winning artists working together for the first time

The legend of Gilgamesh is the oldest written story, pre-dating both The Bible and The Iliad. An epic story about a quest for immortality, it also includes a legend of the Flood that is remarkably similar to the story of Noah.

BLGeraldine McCaughrean has won every major prize for children's literature in this country, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, and, most recently, The Blue Peter Best Book to Keep Forever Award.

BLDavid Parkins is a highly acclaimed artist, and has been shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler and Smarties awards. He received many critical accolades for God's Story with Jan Mark
  • ISBN10 0192741861
  • ISBN13 9780192741868
  • Publish Date 26 September 2002
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 9 February 2009
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxford University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 96
  • Language English