Description: Rendered into English blank verse by the prime minister. A handsome two-volume set of Homer's Iliad, translated into English and rendered into blank verse by Edward Stanley, the 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869). Rugby School.The edition was immediately popular upon publication, sealing Stanley's reputation as a serious classical scholar, and in 1870 the Derby scholarship was posthumously established at Oxford to commemorate his commitment to the promotion of classical learning.Stanley is better-known for his successful political career, which saw him serve as prime minister on three separate occasions, and he remains to this day the longest-serving leader of the Conservative party.
Price: 120 GBP
Location: Maidenhead
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Shipping Cost: 31.01 GBP
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Binding: Leather
Language: English
Special Attributes: Prize book
Author: Edward Earl of Derby
Publisher: John Murray
Year Printed: 1868
