{"product_id":"9780241568248","title":"The Voyage Home","description":"Author(s): Barker, Pat, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 22\/08\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 304 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Myth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 163 x 242 x 33mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 508g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241568248\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE EXHILARATING FOLLOW-UP TO PAT BARKER'S THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLSAfter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlongside 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece’ National Geographic‘In her thrilling retelling of the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra, Barker conjures up a world stained by the grief of mothers and daughters. Agamemnon’s palace is the stuff of nightmares, a world of suspicion and fear, plagued by the ghosts of innocents’ Paula Hawkins'You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world' GuardianLONGLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025Instant Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46926011203821,"sku":"9780241568248","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780241568248.jpg?v=1740677562","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780241568248","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}