{"product_id":"the-voyage-home-pat-barker","title":"The Voyage Home (Pat Barker)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Troy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Girls, \u003c\/i\u003eperfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey \u003c\/i\u003eand Madeline Miller's\u003ci\u003e Circe \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSong of Achilles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant, masterful . . . Barker strips away the glittering armour of myth' \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks - among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine - war-wife - to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death - and her own - while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra's frenzies and the horrors to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, awaiting the fleet's return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband's choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon's death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone's fates forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece' \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Astonishingly fresh . . . Pat Barker is one of the finest novelists working today' Alice Winn, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her late thirties, when she took a short writing course taught by Angela Carter. She has published sixteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy which includes the Booker Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Road\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Girls\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and won an Independent Bookshop Award 2019. \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Troy\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Home \u003c\/i\u003econtinues the series.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65782750970205,"sku":"K097739862","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9773986200001A.jpg?v=1788337720","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-voyage-home-pat-barker","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}