4.4
Skáldsögur
'A gripping feminist masterpiece' Deborah Frances-White
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020
One of the Guardian's and TLS's 'Best Books of 2019'
In 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, in A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes 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
© 2019 Mantle (Hljóðbók): 9781509888856
Útgáfudagur
Hljóðbók: 2 maj 2019
4.4
Skáldsögur
'A gripping feminist masterpiece' Deborah Frances-White
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020
One of the Guardian's and TLS's 'Best Books of 2019'
In 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, in A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes 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
© 2019 Mantle (Hljóðbók): 9781509888856
Útgáfudagur
Hljóðbók: 2 maj 2019
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Thora
10 dec. 2023
Wow! This book took my by surprise. The author uses Greek mythology to put together a book where the women tell the stories of the Trojan war, the journey of Odysseus and other myths. The book itself is a myth of course, but a myth told by the women who were unimportant in the real myth but in this book they are visible and important, always watching, wondering, hurting, pondering, loving, plotting, thinking and acting. The book flows smoothly, so well written by an author who obviously loves Greek mythology like me and that is maybe the reason why I love this book so much. An absolute pleasure also to listen to the author read the book.
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