{"product_id":"9780241995679","title":"The Voyage Home","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Pat Barker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMyth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 April 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 19mm | 222g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls'Brilliant, masterful . . . Barker strips away the glittering armour of myth' Guardian 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\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\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\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\u003cp\u003e'The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece' National Geographic'Astonishingly fresh . . . Pat Barker is one of the finest novelists working today' Alice Winn, author of In MemoriamSHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pat Barker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839512916317,"sku":"9780241995679","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780241995679.jpg?v=1780059038","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780241995679","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}