SIGNED The Women of Troy by Pat Barker UK 1st Edition/1st Printing (2021, HC)

Description: A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy."An important, powerful, memorable book."—Emily Wilson, translator of The OdysseyTroy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war—including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean.It does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam lies unburied and desecrated, and so the victors remain in suspension, camped in the shadows of the city they destroyed as the coalition that held them together begins to unravel. Old feuds resurface and new suspicions and rivalries begin to fester.Largely unnoticed by her captors, the one time Trojan queen Briseis, formerly Achilles's slave, now belonging to his companion Alcimus, quietly takes in these developments. She forges alliances when she can, with Priam's aged wife the defiant Hecuba and with the disgraced soothsayer Calchas, all the while shrewdly seeking her path to revenge.100% AuthenticBrand new; unreadHand Signed by Pat Barker (signatures vary since these are hand signed)Exclusive Signed EditionFirst EditionFirst PrintingHardcoverDust Jacket Custom Designed EndpapersPrinted in the UKPublisher: Penguin Random House UKComes from a smoke-free and pet-free homeThank you for looking!Price is firm. I do not accept offers nor give discounts. ***Please check out my other listings***

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