{"product_id":"9780241568248","title":"The Voyage Home","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Pat Barker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMyth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction | Historical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e August 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd (Hamish Hamilton Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages \u003cbr\u003e240mm x 156mm | 750g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks – among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death – and her own – while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra’s frenzies and the horrors to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, awaiting the fleet’s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband’s choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon’s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone’s fates forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Pat Barker:'Barker delves unflinchingly into the enduring mysteries of human motivation' Sunday Telegraph'She is not only a fine chronicler of war but of human nature' Independent'Barker is a writer of crispness and clarity and an unflinching seeker of the germ of what it means to be human' Herald'You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41414457983111,"sku":"9780241568248","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780241568248.jpg?v=1714402830","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780241568248","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}