![]() ![]() Then I heard that it’s a retelling of the Trojan War from the women’s perspectives, and I knew I had to read it ASAP. This book isn’t published in the US, but it fell on my radar because it’s shortlisted for this year’s Women’s Prize. Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships gives voices to the women, girls and goddesses who, for so long, have been silent. These are the stories of the women embroiled in that legendary war and its terrible aftermath, as well as the feud and the fatal decisions that started it all… The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across oceans and sky in between. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. ![]() ![]() In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. This was never the story of one woman, or two. In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. ![]()
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