The World's Desire

The World's Desire, coauthored with Andrew Lang, is the continuing story of Odyseus, who returns to Ithaca to find his home destroyed. Aphrodite orders him to go to Egypt to seek out the immortal Helen, whom he wooed before marrying Penelope. This book might be called The Further Adventures of Odysseus or The Odyssey, Part 2.

• Author
• H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang, Lin Carter, Vincent Di Fate

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 239

• Publisher
• NY: Ballantine

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780345024671

• Characters
• Odysseus, Helen of Troy

• Genres
• fantasy, classics, fiction, novels, adventure, ancient, victorian

• Release date
• 1972