![]() ![]() Troy has fallen.įrom 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 whose lives, loves, and rivalries were forever altered by this long and tragic war. Haynes’s feminist novelization of the myths and histories around the Odyssey is savvy and well plotted. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. A THOUSAND SHIPS By Natalie Haynes 348 pp. In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. This was never the story of one woman, or two. ![]() ![]() They have waited long enough for their turn. This is the women's war, just as much as it is the men's. Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, a gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many women involved in its causes and consequences-for fans of Madeline Miller. A t the centre of Natalie Haynes’s absorbing, fiercely feminist new novel A Thousand Ships, about the women caught up in the Trojan war, is Calliope, the muse of epic poetry. ![]()
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