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The silence of the girls / Pat Barker.

ISBN: 9780241338070
ISBN: 0241338077
Physical Description: 325 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: London, England : Hamish Hamilton, 2018.
Copyright: &copy;2018.

Barker, Pat, 1943- (author.).

Summary:

"Pat Barker turns her attention to the timeless legend of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War. The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, who continue to wage bloody war over a stolen woman--Helen. In the Greek camp, another woman watches and waits for the war's outcome: Briseis. She was queen of one of Troy's neighboring kingdoms, until Achilles, Greece's greatest warrior, sacked her city and murdered her husband and brothers. Briseis becomes Achilles's concubine, a prize of battle, and must adjust quickly in order to survive a radically different life, as one of the many conquered women who serve the Greek army.-- Provided by publisher.