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The silence of the girls / Pat Barker.

Barker, Pat, 1943- (author.).

Summary:

'A very good, very raw rendition of the Trojan war from the point of view of the women' Kate Atkinson You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Praise for Pat Barker:Guardian

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780241983218
  • ISBN: 0241983215
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2018.
Subject: Briseis (Legendary character) > Fiction.
Trojan War > Fiction.
Troy (Extinct city) > Fiction.
Trojan War.
Briseis (Legendary character)
Turkey > Troy (Extinct city)
Genre: Electronic books.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Electronic resources


  • Penguin UK

    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?

    PERFECT 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.

  • Random House UK Ltd

    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?

    PERFECT 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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