The Voyage Home

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Beschreibung

<p>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<br><br><b>The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's <i>The Women of Troy </i>and <i>The Silence of the Girls, </i>perfect for fans of <i>The Odyssey </i>and Madeline Miller's<i> Circe </i>and <i>Song of Achilles.</i><br><br>'Brilliant, masterful . . . Barker strips away the glittering armour of myth' <i>Guardian </i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>'The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece' <i>National Geographic</i><br><br>'Astonishingly fresh . . . Pat Barker is one of the finest novelists working today' Alice Winn, author of <i>In Memoriam</i></b><br><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241995679

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 128 x 23 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)