A Thousand Ships: Natalie Haynes - Softcover

Haynes, Natalie

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9781509836208: A Thousand Ships: Natalie Haynes

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ISBN 10: 1509836209 ISBN 13: 9781509836208

Publisher: Mantle, 2019

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In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective.

This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them... They have waited to have their story told, and I will make them wait no longer.

In the early hours of the morning, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and Troy has fallen. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash . . .

The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across the oceans and sky in between. Arising from this are the individual tales of the women embroiled in the lead-up to and the aftermath of that legendary war, as well as the feud and the fatal decisions that started it all...

Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships gives voices to the women, girls, and goddesses who, for so long, were kept silent.

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Haynes is master of her trade, crafting perfect sentences and believable characters who speak and think in delicately nuanced language. [She] succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories to show how remarkably little basic human relationships and emotions have changed, Telegraph

Passionate and gripping . . . Haynes balances a fresh take on the material with a deep love for her sources -- Madeline Miller, Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe

Book Description:

A feminist retelling of the Trojan War – giving voices to the women the myths forgot . . .

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