Hercules: Bampots and Heroes

"Hercules, ma guid man," said the king. "Dae ye ken whit a trauchle is?" "Nut," said Hercules. "A trauchle is when ye've gote tae dae somethin but it's no easy and it ends up daein yir napper in. That's whit a trauchle is, big yin. And see you, well, ah'm gonnae gie ye twelve o them." When the great hero Hercules commits a terrible crime his father Zeus punishes him by making him the slave of his step-brother Eurystheus. To win his freedom back, Hercules must perform twelve seemingly impossible tasks or trauchles. Hercules has to use all his strength and cunning to defeat horrific creatures like the Nemean Lion and the Hydra, but not even he believes he can journey to Hades and come back alive with the fearsome dog Cerberus. Matthew Fitt's gallus, power-packed words, along with Bob Dewar's amazing illustrations, join together in a Scots re-telling of one of the greatest stories of all time.