The silence of the girls /
by Barker, Pat [author.].
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BookPublisher: Leicester : Charnwood, 2019Description: 390 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781444841794 (hbk.) :.Classification number: Subject(s): Briseis (Legendary character) -- Fiction | Trojan War -- Fiction | Troy (Extinct city) -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Large type books | Historical | Historical fictionSummary: When her city falls to the Greeks, led by Achilles, Briseis's old life is shattered. Abducted and shipped to the Greek camp on the battleground at Troy, she goes from queen to captive, from free woman to slave, awarded to Achilles as a prize of honour. And she's not alone. On the same day, and on many others in the course of a long, bitter war, innumerable women have been wrested from their homes and flung to the fighters. As told in THE ILIAD, the Trojan War was a quarrel between men - over Helen, stolen from her home and spirited to Troy. But what of the other women in the story, silenced by their fates? Briseis and her fellow women are at last given voices to tell this mythic story anew.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Print - Adult | Southport Library | Large Print Adult Fiction | Available | 002992839X |
Standard print edition originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 2018.
When her city falls to the Greeks, led by Achilles, Briseis's old life is shattered. Abducted and shipped to the Greek camp on the battleground at Troy, she goes from queen to captive, from free woman to slave, awarded to Achilles as a prize of honour. And she's not alone. On the same day, and on many others in the course of a long, bitter war, innumerable women have been wrested from their homes and flung to the fighters. As told in THE ILIAD, the Trojan War was a quarrel between men - over Helen, stolen from her home and spirited to Troy. But what of the other women in the story, silenced by their fates? Briseis and her fellow women are at last given voices to tell this mythic story anew.
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