{"product_id":"9780241568255","title":"The Voyage Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE EXHILARATING FOLLOW-UP TO PAT BARKER'S THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 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\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\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\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\n\u003cp\u003e'The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece' National Geographic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'In her thrilling retelling of the stories of Cassandra and Clytemnestra, Barker conjures up a world stained by the grief of mothers and daughters. Agamemnon's palace is the stuff of nightmares, a world of suspicion and fear, plagued by the ghosts of innocents' Paula Hawkins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInstant Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamish Hamilton Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52905269068085,"sku":"EB_LI0800_N01-05_AD","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9780241568255-1.jpg?v=1789400365","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9780241568255","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}