Natalie Haynes

A Thousand Ships (eBook, ePUB)

A Gripping Feminist Retelling of the Trojan War, Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction

From a powerful all-female perspective, in A Thousand Ships, classicist and author of Divine Might, Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War - putting the women, girls and goddesses at the centre of the story.

Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles and Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls.

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.

'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 many-layered delight' - The Guardian

'A gripping feminist masterpiece' - Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509836222
• Artikelnr.: 56536856

Autorenporträt

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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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 Madeline Miller, author of Circe

"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." - Madeline Miller, author of Circe

"A Thousand Ships does more than acknowledge the suffering of women. It tells in lively fashion gripping tales of bravery, treachery and revenge. . . . It's a timely notion as the modern world reckons with who gets to tell the stories of its diverse populations." - Washington Post

"In Natalie Haynes' own brilliant construction, the 10-year tale of the Trojan War is retold by the many women ignored, widowed, enslaved, heartbroken and snuffed out by the pride and stupidity of warring men.... A fresh and utterly satisfying feminist take on one of the oldest stories in Western literature." - Melissa Gray, NPR Best Books of the Year

"Savvy and well plotted.... Haynes's inventiveness in conjuring the lives of Greek and Trojan women through... evocative details keeps the novel humming." - New York Times Book Review

"Absorbing and fiercely feminist . . . this subversive re-seeing of the classics is a many-layered delight." - Guardian

"A witty, unapologetically feminist story of women's suffering, courage, and endurance... Haynes' freshly modern version of an ancient tale is perfect for our times." - Booklist

"An enthralling reimagining of the lives of women from both Troy and Greek culture. . . . Haynes shines by twisting common perceptions of the Trojan War and its aftermath in order to capture the women's experiences." - Publishers Weekly

"Clever and entertaining." - Times, UK

"Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories." - Telegraph, UK

"This lively reinvention [of the Trojan War] is worth the journey." - Library Journal