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A Thousand Ships: Shortlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction
Natalie Haynes
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Description for A Thousand Ships: Shortlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction
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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.
Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, in A Thousand Ships, classicist and author of Divine Might, Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War – putting the women, girls and goddesses at the centre of the story.
For fans of Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles and Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls.
'With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War' – Madeline Miller, author of Circe
This was never the story of one ... Read morewoman, or two. It was the story of them all . . .
In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen.
From the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope awaiting the return of Odysseus, to the three goddesses whose feud started it all, these are the stories of the women embroiled in the legendary war.
'A gripping feminist masterpiece' – Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist
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About Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta, and Stone Blind, which was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2022. Her non-fiction book about women in Greek Myth, Pandora's Jar, was a New York Times bestseller in 2022. She has written and performed eight series of her BBC Radio 4 ... Read moreshow, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. In 2015, she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience. A Thousand Ships is her third novel. Show Less
Reviews for A Thousand Ships: Shortlisted for the Women´s Prize for Fiction
A gripping feminist masterpiece
Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War. Her thoughtful portraits will linger with you long after the book is finished
Madeline Miller, author of Circe Natalie Haynes is swiftly becoming this generation’s Mary Renault; her retelling ... Read moreof the Trojan war from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships, is her best yet.
Observer
Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories
Telegraph
Absorbing and fiercely feminist
Guardian
The forgotten women are vividly brought to life in this moving, intelligent and witty book
Martha Kearney, BBC Radio 4 Elegant, intelligent . . . Haynes combines a wide-ranging knowledge of the original myths with a gift for compelling narrative
The Times
A sparkling narrative . . . A Thousand Ships blows the dust off the classics
Washington Post
Haynes is the nation’s great muse, and her latest retelling of the story of Troy told from the perspective of Helen and the women of The Iliad is beautiful
Adam Rutherford
The Week
If you are new to myths, then this is a learned, well-fashioned introduction, with many shining moments of subtle power
Spectator
A joy to read: fast paced, cracking with emotion and tension
Professor Michael Scott Here, in this treat of a book, the women take centre stage - and how brilliantly . . . Natalie Haynes brings them to witty, lyrical, scintillating life . . . A book to both savour and devour
Suzannah Lipscomb Breathtaking . . . Her writing isn’t merely clever, or elegant, or (at times) extremely funny - though it is all of those things. It’s also viscerally vivid.
Catherine Nixey This subversive reseeing of the classics is a many-layered delight
Guardian
Haynes takes the baton from Renault and runs with it. Her modern take on antiquity is exquisitely informed without ever being research-heavy . . . Glorious!
Damian Barr Haynes expertly crafts an emotional and vivid historical tale with high stakes and female empowerment at its core
Woman's Own
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