THE 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. Alongside 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. Meanwhile 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. As 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. 'The queen of literary historical fiction
Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece' National Geographic '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 'You go to her
for plain truths a driving storyline and a clear eye steadily facing the history of our
world' Guardian SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 Instant
Sunday Times bestseller August 2024
