“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 \u2013 among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine \u2013 war-wife \u2013 to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death \u2013 and her own \u2013 while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra\u2019s frenzies and the horrors to come. Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet\u2019s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband\u2019s 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\u2019s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone\u2019s fates forever. \u2018The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece\u2019 National Geographic \u2018In her thrilling retelling of the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra, Barker conjures up a world stained by the grief of mothers and daughters. Agamemnon\u2019s palace is the stuff of nightmares, a world of suspicion and fear, plagued by the ghosts of innocents\u2019 Paula Hawkins ‘You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world’ Guardian Instant Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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