Women of Troy

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Sequel to critically acclaimed bestseller The Silence of the Girls

Troy has fallen and the Greek victors are primed to return home, loaded with spoils. All they need is a good wind to lift their sails.

But the wind does not come. The gods are offended - the body of Priam lies desecrated, unburied - and so the victors remain in uneasy limbo, camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed. The coalition that held them together begins to fray, as old feuds resurface and new suspicions fester.

Largely unnoticed by her squabbling captors, erstwhile queen Briseis remains in the Greek encampment. She forges alliances where she can - with young, rebellious Amina, with defiant, aged Hecuba, with Calchus, the disgraced priest - and she begins to see the path to revenge...

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241988336
Published: June 2022

Number of pages: 320
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 19 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd