Barbara Leonie Picard Boeken
Barbara Leonie Picard staat bekend om haar boeiende hervertellingen van klassieke mythen voor jonge lezers. Haar werken, die zich vaak richten op Homerus en Gilgamesj, worden geprezen om hun volwassenheid en prikkelende inhoud. Ze duikt in diepgaande thema's die aanzetten tot nadenken en jonge lezers een rijke literaire ervaring bieden. Picard's talent om oude verhalen toegankelijk te maken voor hedendaagse lezers onderstreept haar unieke literaire stem.






In early 14th-century England, young Alys de Renneville, unable to persuade any of her relatives that her father and brother are alive and being held for ransom in Scotland, determines to rescue them herself and, together with the fourteen-year-old servant boy Hugh, sets out on the perilous journey north.
After the fall of Troy, Odysseus sets sail for his kingdom of Ithaca. He has to face many dangers. He even journeys down into the underworld and meets the dead Greek heroes. His wife and son are waiting, hoping that he will come and help them face the men who have invaded their home. This work features the story of Odysseus's famous journey.
Hero-tales From the British Isles
- 166bladzijden
- 6 uur lezen
German Hero-sagas and Folk-tales
- 232bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
Der Wald der Geächteten
- 174bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen

