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A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY 'Chilling, powerful, audacious' The Times 'Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness that history forgot . . . Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is a slave to the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story? THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FANS OF MADELINE MILLER'S CIRCE AND THE SONG OF ACHILLES! *Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award* Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths in The Women of Troy.
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The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker
- Language
- Released
- 2018
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- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €7.49
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Pat Barker
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0241983207
- ISBN13
- 9780241983201
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Mythology, Feminism, English Literature, Historical Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Ancient Greece, Troy, Trojan War
- First published
- 2018
- Original title
- The Silence of the Girls
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY 'Chilling, powerful, audacious' The Times 'Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness that history forgot . . . Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is a slave to the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story? THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FANS OF MADELINE MILLER'S CIRCE AND THE SONG OF ACHILLES! *Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award* Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths in The Women of Troy.