The Voyage Home
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The Voyage Home
The Voyage Home
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 a 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.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241568255
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 August 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 371g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her late thirties, when she took a short writing course taught by Angela Carter. She has published sixteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy which includes the Booker Prize-winning The Ghost Road. The Silence of the Girls was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and won an Independent Bookshop Award 2019. The Women of Troy was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. The Voyage Home continues the series.
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