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.
'With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism, Natalie Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe
This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all . . .
In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen.
From 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 embroiled in the legendary war.
'A many-layered delight' - The Guardian
'A gripping feminist masterpiece' - Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist
*Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020
One of the Guardian's 'Best Books of 2019'
'Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories' Telegraph
This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all . . .
In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen.
From 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 embroiled in the legendary war.
Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, in A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes puts the women, girls and goddesses at the centre of the story.
'Absorbing and fiercely feminist' Guardian
'The forgotten women are vividly brought to life in this moving, intelligent and witty book' Martha Kearney
Haynes expertly crafts an emotional and vivid historical tale with high stakes and female empowerment at its core
