Gilgamesh

Name: Gilgamesh
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SKU: 9781835628089
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New & Ancient Mesopotamian Tales

Series: Myths, Gods & Immortals

Brief Description

An awesome new title featuring the archetypal hero Gilgamesh, with new stories exploring identity, mythology and fresh paths. The ancient hero from Mesopotamian mythology and legendary king of Uruk in Sumer, Gilgamesh is a hugely influential figure, not least on Homer's famous tales, the Iliad and... Read More

Format: Hardback

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The ancient hero from Mesopotamian mythology and legendary king of Uruk, Gilgamesh's story has it all: quests to the underworld, epic journeys, ghosts, giants and beasts, a great flood, love and death. This exciting book includes new stories that explore this character alongside an introductory section covering the original tales and background.

An awesome new title featuring the archetypal hero Gilgamesh, with new stories exploring identity, mythology and fresh paths.

Description

An awesome new title featuring the archetypal hero Gilgamesh, with new stories exploring identity, mythology and fresh paths. The ancient hero from Mesopotamian mythology and legendary king of Uruk in Sumer, Gilgamesh is a hugely influential figure, not least on Homer's famous tales, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but also on modern culture.

His stories, and later Babylonian interwoven narrative, have it all: quests to the underworld, epic journeys, ghosts, giants and beasts, a great flood, love and death. Together with the goddess Inanna (aka Ishtar) and his beloved companion Enkidu, Gilgamesh experiences adventure and self-discovery as gripping as any Hellenistic hero.

This exciting book includes new stories that explore this character and all his virtues, flaws, adventures and relationships. Whether as told in the ancient tablets or extrapolated in the authors' imaginations, whether set 2000 years BCE or 2150 CE, the tales are fresh with insight and inventiveness.

Also accompanied by an introductory section covering the original tales and background to the character, by Emily H. Wilson, author of The Sumerians Trilogy of novels: Inanna, Gilgamesh and Ninshubar, the reader will truly discover the gripping story of this archetypal hero.

Deluxe edition, foiled and embossed, with gilded edges.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835628089

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing

Illustration: 3 Line drawings, black and white

Contributors:

Contributions by Malina Douglas
Contributions by Rocky Boudreaux
Foreword by Prof. Enrique Jiménez
Introduction by Emily H. Wilson
Contributions by Dr. Suvajeet Duttagupta
Contributions by Irene W. Collins
Contributions by Adrian Gebhard
Contributions by David Horn
Contributions by Murray Eiland

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 850g

Pages: 368

Collections

Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Series: Myths, Gods & Immortals

About the Author

Emily H. Wilson ('Introducing Gilgamesh') is the author of a trilogy of novels set in Ancient Sumer. Inanna, Gilgamesh and Ninshubar are all published by Titan. Before becoming an author, Emily worked as a full-time journalist, most recently serving as editor-in-chief of New Scientist magazine. Prof. Dr Enrique Jimenez (Foreword) has held a chair in Ancient Near Eastern Literatures at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich since 2018 and is the winner of a 2017 Sofja Kovalevskaja Award. He specialises in the literature and scholarly texts of ancient Mesopotamia, in particular from the first millennium BCE. He is Principal Investigator of the 'Electronic Babylonian Library' platform (http://www.ebl.lmu.de/).