Jason And The Golden Fleece

by Cockcroft, Jason; Riordan, James

• ISBN13: 9781845070618
• ISBN10: 1845070615
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-03
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Summary

When young Jason tries to claim his rightful throne from his uncle Pelias, the crafty king sends him off in quest of the Golden Fleece, thinking his nephew will never return. Undeterred, Jason assembles a crew of Greece's boldest and bravest and with spirits high, they set sail in the Argo for the misty shores at the end of the world. Beguiled by water nymphs, attacked by six-armed giants and swooped on by monstrous Harpies, the surviving Argonauts have to steer their ship on through the grinding jaws of the Clashing Rocks - and to win the Fleece, Jason himself must perform two impossible tasks. But destiny takes a hand in the form of Medea, the beautiful young daughter of King Aetes, with whom Jason falls in love...

Author Biography

James Riordan has traveled the world collecting folktales and has published over thirty volumes of tales from different countries. The Twelve Labours of Hercules won the UK Reading Association Award 1998. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Surry and Visiting Professor at the University of Worcester, as well as holding honorary degrees from Birmingham, London, Moscow and Grenoble. He regularly reviews children's books for The Times., and his autobiography, Comrade Jim: the spy who played for Spartak, was published in 2008 by Fourth Estate.