{"product_id":"the-voyage-home-paperback","title":"The Voyage Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePat Barker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy comes the powerful third installment to the Women of Troy series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI never saw Cassandra as a victim. I saw a woman as focused on a single aim as any raptor stooping to its prey; but then, I had more opportunities to observe her ruthlessness than most. I was in her power, you see. I was her slave.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePat Barker has crafted the latest in a brilliant reimagining of Greek mythology, and \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Home\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of a writer at the height of her powers. In this third outing, she follows the young Ritsa and the unpredictable Cassandra on their perilous return journey to Mycenae. Cassandra has acquired the powers of prophecy from the kiss of Apollo, but the very same god has taken away the people's belief in her abilities. Though she warns of the carnage that awaits the Greek warrior king Agamemnon--who numbs himself with alcohol on the storm-plagued trip home--her shipmates disregard her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Cassandra's prophecies fall on deaf ears, Ritsa instead remains focused on surviving once they make land. When a mysterious young girl begins to shadow them, and Agamemnon's cruelty takes a new turn, Ritsa must find a safe place for Cassandra, whose mood alternates between cruelty and frenzy. But it's the ongoing ire between Queen Clytemnestra and Agamemnon that could prove fatal for everyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Home\u003c\/i\u003e, Barker elevates myth and legend and asks us to examine the stories we hold dear through a feminist lens, and in doing so she has crafted a tale that upholds her legacy as one of our finest contemporary novelists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAT BARKER is the author of sixteen novels, beginning with her masterpiece \u003ci\u003eUnion Street\u003c\/i\u003e in 1982. Her Regeneration Trilogy novels, set in the First World War, were awarded the Booker Prize and praised as some of the greatest historical novels in British literature. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Girls\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Gordon Prize in the UK and won the Independent Bookshop Award in 2019. She was made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2000. She lives in Durham, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755539464480,"sku":"9798217014347","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fbf1109ab2843fa66dc07cf61e6cedf9.webp?v=1780061617","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-voyage-home-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}