Ulysses Found Author:Ernle Bradford The Odyssey is one of the greatest adventures in literature. Was it also one of the greatest adventures in history? Ernle Bradford, a scholar and mariner, separates fact from legend in a voyage of detection that yields startling and controversial conclusions. Drawing on many sources--ancient lore, modern scholarship, his own knowledge of sail... more »ing in small boats all over the Mediterranean, and the evidence in the Odyssey itself--the author sailed the course of Ulysses' ten-year voyage, from his departure point at Troy to Ithaca, his destination. He visited the places evoked and describes them as they are today, presenting in fascinating detail the factual basis of the mythical sights and adventures recorded in Homer's epic.« less