Many readers think of "The Iliad" as a daunting text. But Caroline Alexander, whose new translation of the classic work by Homer comes out Nov. 24, said she wants to bring the epic down to earth.

Caroline Alexander, Author Vintage Books USA $10.95 (158p) ISBN 978-0-679-73189-4. British wayfarer Kingsley's 1893 West African odyssey is retraced by a modern-day adventurer in an effort to ...

Best-selling author Caroline Alexander talks about why she took on the epic challenge of translating Homer’s ‘The Iliad.’ ...

A contributing writer for *The New Yorker*, *Granta*, and *National Geographic*, Caroline Alexander is the author of three books, *The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition*, *The ...

One new book you can buy for either the Nook or the Kindle, or even an old school ink on paper is "The War That Killed Achilles." In it, author Caroline Alexander explores the real world events ...

Caroline Alexander. On the C-SPAN Networks: Caroline Alexander is an Author with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1999 Speech.The year with the highest average ...

In the riveting “Skies of Thunder,” Caroline Alexander considers what it took to get supplies to Allied ground troops in China. By Elizabeth D. Samet Elizabeth D. Samet is the author of ...

Like the subject it covers, it takes a while for “Skies of Thunder” to get going. Caroline Alexander’s World War II aviation history deals with Allied efforts to get supplies to China, a ...

Caroline Alexander is the author, most recently, of a new translation of the “Iliad” and the forthcoming history “Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World.” ...

RAZ: Caroline Alexander is the author of the new book, "The War That Killed Achilles : The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War." She joined us from WGBH in Boston.

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