{"product_id":"9780241568248","title":"The Voyage Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Barker, Pat \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 22\/08\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241568248,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43491668852780,"sku":"9780241568248","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241568248_292b137d-60dc-4640-8634-4a37bd1882b4.jpg?v=1718103242","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241568248","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}