The Voyage Home
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THE EXHILARATING FOLLOW-UP TO PAT BARKER'S THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill the...
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THE EXHILARATING FOLLOW-UP TO PAT BARKER'S THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle. Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks - among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine - war-wife - to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death - and her own - while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra's frenzies and the horrors to come. Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet's return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband's choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts. As one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon's death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone's fates forever. 'The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece' National Geographic 'In her thrilling retelling of the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra, Barker conjures up a world stained by the grief of mothers and daughters. Agamemnon's palace is the stuff of nightmares, a world of suspicion and fear, plagued by the ghosts of innocents' Paula Hawkins 'You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world' Guardian LONGLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 Instant Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024
Detaljer
Forlag
Hamish Hamilton
ISBN
9780241568255
Sprog
Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato
22-08-2024
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3195298
EAN nr.
9780241568255
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
154
Bredde (mm)
233
Længde (mm)
24
Vægt (g)
370
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