The persephones

In The Persephones, internationally known poet Nathaniel Tarn and photographer Joan Myers have collaborated on an elegant retelling of the myth of Persephone's abduction by Hades into the Underworld.

First published in 1974, and again in 2009 in a limited collector's edition (both of which are out of print), Tarn's poems have attracted a devoted readership.

This beautifully designed and produced edition pairs the poems with Myers's stunning photographs, many of which were shot at the sites from which the myth originated.