Can you find me a book?

[TheUnfocusedBrain]

The actual book I want to find is a collection of greek myths, a pale blue hardback, illustrated black and white which I read around 1990. It was old then and I was the only person who took it out of the school library. I even called the school to find out the author, the librarian remembered it but they'd recently moved into a new building and as I'd been the last person to take it out, they'd thrown it

More realistically, I tend to read historical fiction, wouldn't be averse to a proper historical book, nothing too difficult (getting back into reading post DC), but not too boring. Or gory. Or scary. Or tear inducing.

I enjoyed the various Lisa Picard books about life in London in various eras.

The Thief-Taker: Memoirs Of A Bow Street Runner by T.F. Banks

1610: A Sundial in a Grave by Mary Gentle

The Bone Garden - Tess Gerritsen - writer of Rizzoli & Isles set in 1830s Boston

Edward Marston has series set in various time periods

Was the Greek myths book for children?

If you actually want to read greek myths, Stephen Fry's modern retelling (Mythos) seems decent enough... although obv not the one you remember!

There’s an edition of Roger Lancelyn Green “Greek Heroes” which has a blue cover, and was very much a classic at that time.

But I agree Stephen Fry’s book is good, or if you want the real thing, a decent translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

It was in the primary school library, but I don't think it was written especially for children. It definitely had the story of Arachne in it, so it's not the one you mentioned Alice. It had more than just the "mainstream" ones.

I remember having a blue hardback collection of Greek myths with black and white illustrations back in the sixties, it was called “Tales of Long Ago” by Enid Blyton. I remember the stories of King Midas, Narcissus, Orpheus and Eurydice among others.