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HERCULES: BAMPOTS AND HEROES
By Matthew Fitt
Illustrated by Bob Dewar
Publication: October 2005
Price: £7.99
Online Price: 5.99
ISBN: 1 84502 056 1
Format: pbk 250 x 204mm
Extent: 64 pages
Illustration: full colour
Age range: 9 +
“Hercules, ma guid man,” said the king. “Dae ye ken whit a trauchle is?”
“Nut,” said Hercules.
“A trauchle is when ye’ve gote tae dae somethin but it’s no easy and it ends up
daein yir napper in. That’s whit a trauchle is, big yin. And see you, well, ah’m
gonnae gie ye twelve o them.”
When the great hero Hercules commits a terrible crime his father Zeus
punishes him by making him the slave of his step-brother Eurystheus. To win
his freedom back, Hercules must perform twelve seemingly impossible tasks or
trauchles. Hercules has to use all his strength and cunning to defeat horrific
creatures like the Nemean Lion and the Hydra, but not even he believes he can
journey to Hades and come back alive with the fearsome dog Cerberus.
Matthew Fitt’s gallus, power-packed words, along with Bob Dewar’s
amazing illustrations, join together in a Scots re-telling of one of the
greatest stories of all time.
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