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Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer - Radio Times No Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes. Exiled daughter, abandoned wife, vengeful mother. But is...
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A defiantly feminist retelling of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind.
A defiantly feminist retelling of the myth of Medea from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind.
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Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer - Radio Times
No Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes.
Exiled daughter, abandoned wife, vengeful mother. But is that where the truth lies? This is the story of Medea as you've never heard it before.
Jason and his Argonauts set sail to find the Golden Fleece. The journey is filled with danger, and if he ever reaches the distant land he seeks he faces almost certain death.
Medea—priestess, witch, and daughter of the brutal king who jealously guards the fleece—has the power to save Jason's life. Will she betray her family and her home?
Burning with desire for a stranger, as the gods intend, Medea chooses Jason over her kin. But their love is steeped in vengeance from the beginning, and no one—not even those closest to them—will be safe when their passion is spent...
Based on the classic tragedy by Euripides, this is Medea as you've never seen her before...
Praise for Natalie Haynes:
Witty, gripping, ruthless - Margaret Atwood on Stone Blind
Fiercely feminist . . . A many-layered delight - The Guardian on A Thousand Ships
Passionate and gripping - Madeline Miller on The Children of Jocasta
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529061567
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Picador
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 264g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta, A Thousand Ships, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020, and Stone Blind, which was longlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction. Her non-fiction includes, Pandora's Jar, a bestseller in both the UK and the US, and Divine Might. She has written and performed eleven series of her BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. In 2015 she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience.
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