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Standard edition hardback of Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson, including tote bag + bookmarks. ✦ From the author of Herc, Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2024 and Waterstones B est book of the Year 2023, comes the story of Aphrodite, goddess of lies.'A remarkable feat of storytelling' Rosie Hewlett on Herc 'I’m a liar, to begin with.' I wasn’t always a goddess, you see. My only real power was my beauty – you’ll have heard. It’s legendary. But that was never going to be enough for me. It took a web of lies to convince the gods of Olympus I was one of them. But I did. I was that good. Zeus gave me a title and riches and loved me. And all he wanted in return was for me to love him back. Show more