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A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic, in E. V. Rieu's classic translation. The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization - an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and the cornerstone of Western culture. The story centres on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determine the fate of Troy. But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism. With…

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Wikipedia entry Romek Marber (born 1925) - a Polish freelance designer noted for his work with Penguin Books. Marber arrived in Britain in 1946; in 1961, impressed by Marber’s covers for The Economist, Germano Facetti commissioned Marber to design covers for Simeon Potter's Our Language and Language in the Modern World. Facetti then asked Marber to propose a new cover approach for the Penguin Crime series. Marber chose to retain green as the series colour, though he changed the shade, a... Yellow Penguin, Eye Magazine, Penguin Books Covers, Vintage Penguin, Penguin Book, Best Book Covers, The Economist, Vintage Book Covers, Cool Books

Wikipedia entry Romek Marber (born 1925) - a Polish freelance designer noted for his work with Penguin Books. Marber arrived in Britain in 1946; in 1961, impressed by Marber’s covers for The Economist, Germano Facetti commissioned Marber to design covers for Simeon Potter's Our Language and Language in the Modern World. Facetti then asked Marber to propose a new cover approach for the Penguin Crime series. Marber chose to retain green as the series colour, though he changed the shade, and he…

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