The Silence of the Girls

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover the powerful Greek myth retelling from the Sunday Times bestselling author, perfect for fans of The Odyssey and Madeline Miller's Circe and Song of Achilles. 'Chilling, powerful, audacious' The Times 'Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is a slave to the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story? *Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award* 'This feminist retelling of the Iliad through the lens of ordinary Greek women is as good as it gets. Clever, cool, devastating' Sabine Durrant, The Week Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths in The Women of Troy.

Pat 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 The Ghost Road. The Silence of the Girls was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and won an Independent Bookshop Award 2019. The Women of Troy was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. The Voyage Home continues the series.