- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407048543
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
Dido
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407048543
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
A perfect maelstrom of love, jealousy, fate and caprice . . . Dido is right up there with some of the other masterful retellings of myth and legend
Jill Murphy, The Bookbag
Geras's ability to weave a touching new tale in with the well-known one is unique to modern children's authors; Dido is a shining new jewel to her crown. An excellent children's novel
Amanda Craig, The Times
As always with Adele Geras's work, the characters walk off the page, she brings the place wonderfully to life, you can hear the sounds and smell the scents - and it's another page-turner
Leslie Wilson Blog
A perfect maelstrom of love, jealousy, fate and caprice . . . Dido is right up there with some of the other masterful retellings of myth and legend
Jill Murphy, The Bookbag
Roman gods and goddesses walk among the human characters, giving the story an effective other-worldly feeling . . . Demanding but rewarding
Jewish Chronicle
Geras's ability to weave a touching new tale in with the well-known one is unique to modern children's authors; Dido is a shining new jewel to her crown. An excellent children's novel
Amanda Craig, The Times
Greek myths, love triangles, betrayals and lies are all present in Dido, and all make this book an addictive read
Wondrous Reads
As always with Adele Geras's work, the characters walk off the page, she brings the place wonderfully to life, you can hear the sounds and smell the scents - and it's another page-turner
Leslie Wilson Blog
Adele Geras's Dido is a novelisation for young adults of the great tragic love story, in which she has combined the pre-Virgil myths and the version in the Aeneid with an additional twist that is all her own. She brings to it the accessibility, warmth and immediacy that she brought to Troy and Ithaka, and again the dialogue is modern
Patricia Elliott, Armadillo
Roman gods and goddesses walk among the human characters, giving the story an effective other-worldly feeling . . . Demanding but rewarding
Jewish Chronicle
Adele Geras turns this simple outline into an story of love and loss involving an entire city
Monsters and Critics
Greek myths, love triangles, betrayals and lies are all present in Dido, and all make this book an addictive read
Wondrous Reads
An absolute must, this retelling of a classic brings together all the thrilling elements of a deadly love story. Full of passion, mysticism and betrayal
Now Magazine
Adele Geras's Dido is a novelisation for young adults of the great tragic love story, in which she has combined the pre-Virgil myths and the version in the Aeneid with an additional twist that is all her own. She brings to it the accessibility, warmth and immediacy that she brought to Troy and Ithaka, and again the dialogue is modern
Patricia Elliott, Armadillo
As always with Adele Geras's work, the characters walk off the page, she brings the place wonderfully to life and you can hear the sounds and smell the scents
Love Reading 4 Kids
Adele Geras turns this simple outline into an story of love and loss involving an entire city
Monsters and Critics
I had never heard the story before reading this book, but it has now sparked an interest in Greek mythology
New Books Mag
An absolute must, this retelling of a classic brings together all the thrilling elements of a deadly love story. Full of passion, mysticism and betrayal
Now Magazine
Full of suspense and the characters were written so well that you were really pulled into their lives
Chrissie's Corner
As always with Adele Geras's work, the characters walk off the page, she brings the place wonderfully to life and you can hear the sounds and smell the scents
Love Reading 4 Kids
Dido is compelling and beautifully written
So Little Time For Books
I had never heard the story before reading this book, but it has now sparked an interest in Greek mythology
New Books Mag
What a fantastic job Adel Geras has done bringing these characters to life
Sarah's Book Reviews
Full of suspense and the characters were written so well that you were really pulled into their lives
Chrissie's Corner
The book comes billed as "a passionate tale of love, betrayal and revenge" - and it is indeed, an excellent, intelligent read which will stretch minds just as it will stretch vocabularies. It is vivid in the world it creates, intriguing as it takes you there and satisfying when it leaves you
Chichester Today
Dido is compelling and beautifully written
So Little Time For Books
Adele Geras gave us brilliant evocations of the ancient world with Troy and Ithaka. With Dido she again takes a classical setting and story and breathes freshness, and above all an up-to-date connection, into the people and the places whilst skilfully remaining faithful to her sources
School Librarian
What a fantastic job Adel Geras has done bringing these characters to life
Sarah's Book Reviews
The book comes billed as "a passionate tale of love, betrayal and revenge" - and it is indeed, an excellent, intelligent read which will stretch minds just as it will stretch vocabularies. It is vivid in the world it creates, intriguing as it takes you there and satisfying when it leaves you
Chichester Today
Adele Geras gave us brilliant evocations of the ancient world with Troy and Ithaka. With Dido she again takes a classical setting and story and breathes freshness, and above all an up-to-date connection, into the people and the places whilst skilfully remaining faithful to her sources
School Librarian