{"product_id":"the-voyage-home-9780241995679","title":"The Voyage Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pat Barker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Women of Troy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Silence of the Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant, masterful . . . Barker strips away the glittering armour of myth' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Astonishingly fresh . . . Pat Barker is one of the finest novelists working today' Alice Winn, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45847776297111,"sku":"9780241995679","price":390.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780241995679.webp?v=1769297100","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-voyage-home-9780241995679","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}