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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for FictionIn A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective, for fans of Madeline Miller and Pat Barker.This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all . . .In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen.From the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope awaiting the return of Odysseus, to the three goddesses whose feud started it all, these are the stories of the women embroiled in the legendary war.Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the centre of the story.'With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe'A gripping feminist masterpiece' – Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist
CONTRIBUTORS: Natalie Haynes
EAN: 9781509836215
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 264 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: FICTION / Fantasy / Epic, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Historical / Ancient, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Feminist
WIDTH: 130 cm
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Ancient Greece, c 1000 BCE to start of CE period, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, Historical fiction
A gripping feminist masterpiece, With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War. Her thoughtful portraits will linger with you long after the book is finished, Natalie Haynes is swiftly becoming this generation’s Mary Renault; her retelling of the Trojan war from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships, is her best yet., Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories, Absorbing and fiercely feminist
Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta, and Stone Blind, which was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2022. Her non-fiction book about women in Greek Myth, Pandora's Jar, was a New York Times bestseller in 2022. She has written and performed eight 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. A Thousand Ships is her third novel.
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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for FictionIn A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective, for fans of Madeline Miller and Pat Barker.This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all . . .In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen.From the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope awaiting the return of Odysseus, to the three goddesses whose feud started it all, these are the stories of the women embroiled in the legendary war.Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the centre of the story.'With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe'A gripping feminist masterpiece' – Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist
CONTRIBUTORS: Natalie Haynes
EAN: 9781509836215
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 264 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: FICTION / Fantasy / Epic, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Historical / Ancient, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Feminist
WIDTH: 130 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Ancient Greece, c 1000 BCE to start of CE period, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, Historical fiction
Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta, and Stone Blind, which was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2022. Her non-fiction book about women in Greek Myth, Pandora's Jar, was a New York Times bestseller in 2022. She has written and performed eight 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. A Thousand Ships is her third novel.
