![]() Opening this book overwhelmed me at first because it starts with a list of more than 50 characters, who they are, and who they are related to. I was drawn to this book because I like retellings, especially from the perspective of silenced voices. Also, I’ve never read Mythology (at least not that I can remember), so I don’t have anything to compare this to. I want to point out that I hardly knew anything about Greek Mythology before starting this book. Troy has fallen.įrom 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 whose lives, loves, and rivalries were forever altered by this long and tragic war.Ī woman’s epic, powerfully imbued with new life, A Thousand Ships puts the women, girls and goddesses at the center of the Western world’s great tale ever told. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. ![]() In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. This was never the story of one woman, or two. ![]() ![]() They have waited long enough for their turn. This is the women’s war, just as much as it is the men’s. Book: A Thousand Ships (paperback) | Genre: historical fiction, retellings, mythology | Page count: 348 | Published: May 14th 2020 ![]()
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