Synopsis
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.
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Details
23 July 2020368 pages
9781509836215Imprint: Picador
Reviews
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 finishedMadeline Miller, author of Circe
A gripping feminist masterpieceDeborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist
Natalie Haynes is swiftly becoming this generation’s Mary Renault; her retelling of 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 storiesTelegraph
